About the Author
Cathy Boyd Byrd invites others to join her in considering topics of interest to those on the Christian spiritual journey…..discipleship, spirituality, mental health, Christian growth, and Bible study. Cathy enjoys working with others as they transition from emotional emergency and brokenness to spiritual emergence and abundant living! Many of the topics about which Cathy writes are interrelated as experienced in her own life and in the lives of those with whom she works in counseling, teaching, and case management, and in friendships. She believes that sharing our journey of Christian growth and spirituality helps us know God and ourselves better and connects us with others!
Cathy is a Christian Educator and Life Recovery Counselor, and an ordained deacon through Christian Leaders Institute. She serves as Community Outreach MInister at Lynn Haven United Methodist Church. She is a student (disciple) of the Holy Spirit and shares with her students (disciples) the things the Lord teaches her through Bible study and contemplation, incorporating experiences interpreted through the Word, cherished traditions of her faith, and reasoning that comes from seeking the mind of Christ in accountable community. She was widowed in August 2020 after 48 years of marriage to Bill Byrd, is mother of 2 and grandmother of 5. Her journey of faith has been lifelong and continues to be an adventure with the trailblazer and guide, Jesus Christ!
Cathy is the founder and program manager for a Christian women’s residential life recovery program, Titus 2 Partnership, Inc.(www.titus2.life) in Panama City, Florida.
Titus 2 Ministry Activities- January 2026
Titus 2 -January 2026 -Meals on Wheels delivery of monthly route. (1/7) visits, prayer with several clients. -Month’s bus pass for a disabled individual. (1/6) -Paid continuing education course and exam fee for a woman in transitional shelter with an advanced degree and good past work history after a mass layoff to improve her job search potential in her field. (1/4) -Personal care items purchased and delivered to disabled indigent woman with limited funds. (1/5) -Purchase of basic lunch food items for several disabled individuals house-sharing and finding it hard to make ends meet. Made a...
Daily Little Miracles
Over the last twenty years of ministry, I have seen so many circumstances that could only have been orchestrated by God . I have written about some of them here . This is another one…. “Glory Sighting: "Jehovah Jireh"- God provides. A week ago I was given a $50 Total Wireless phone card by a friend for whom the wrong card had been purchased by a family member and it could not be used with her phone. It's not the kind of donation I generally receive. I stuck it in a zipper bag in my purse in which I keep each week's Titus 2 receipts, deposit slips, and similar items. Today one of our ladies...
Love or Affirmation
Jesus said, " Love others …. AS I HAVE LOVED YOU." Tall order. Too many seek affirmation, obtaining self-fulfillment, to be cherished, being worshipped and adored even, which is how many define love, & they seek this "counterfeit love" from a spouse or child (or from anyone willing to use them to get their own desires met). Affirmation is not a love language. Actually, it's a "be loved" language, a sad reflection of our own need & insecurity that reflects a God-shaped soul void.Until God fills that void our hearts will lie to us about love. Affirmation is not love; sacrifice is love....
Red Thread Genesis to Revelation
C.S. Lewis described God's Word saying, "It is a very long story, with a complicated plot. And we are not, perhaps, very attentive readers." “From Genesis to Revelation a single historical narrative unfolds. That plot though often remains unclear even to Christians who spend a lifetime reading, studying, and going to church”. - Bob Enyart From cover to cover I see a red thread pulled, holding everthing together in the LORD God by Holy Spirit from beginning of Genesis to final words of Revelation. It is redemption born of love CBB. 2/2/22
Mountains and Valleys
"If we are to follow Jesus, our love must be so deep that we are willing to climb the mountains, with Him.. G.Campbell Morgan was a powerful man, a great English preacher. As a seminary student, he fell in love, but was reluctant to propose, due to the radical message God had laid on his heart, for the church. Concerned he would not be a success and could be persecuted, he did not want to drag her into that. He told her, " In five or six years, perhaps he would be established, and then could offer his hand in marriage." Her immediate reply was, " If I cannot climb the mountains with you, I...
What Was Jesus Like?
A poster on social media speculated of what kind of person Jesus ‘, generally, in personality, humor, enthusiasm, animation, etc. o felt led to reply as below…. What was Jesus generally like? You pose several questions seeking to get at his demeanor, personality, etc. I see the questions as pointing to what has already been revealed in the Gospels. In keeping with possessing the grace sufficient for every need, in Christ Jesus can be found whatever is needed by the individual(s) seeking him. In Matthew 5’s Beatitudes, speaking seated on a seaside hill before curious, perhaps adoring masses,...
Little Itsy Bitsy Baby Dog
I have a little 6.5 pound black and white Imerial Shih Tzu. She was born 10/23/23. I got her 12/30/23. It was love at first sight when I went to check out the 2 puppies left in the litter. She was the runt. And weighed in at about 2 1/4 pounds when I got her. I had begun about Thanksgiving 2023 yearning for another dog after our diabetic pug mix had died 12/26/22. Bill had selected Winston from a rescue shelter after we saw an online FB post that he had been returned by two families who could not manage the cost and demands of his diabetes. Bill, being diabetic announced, “ He needs an home....
The Need For Emotional Literacy
1/31/17 CBB Noted by Brene' Brown: "Average number of emotions people can name? 3.The number we need to teach our children? 30. In our Emotional Literacy classes at Titus 2, we talk about the BIG FOUR- mad, sad, glad, bad……the main ones to which people resort. We teach understanding and expressing the broader and more subtle emotions more effectively. one counselor friend added that we need to teach boys emotional literacy so they have healthy ways of expressing themselves. Screenshot Screenshot
God Flips The Script of Man
From 2016: God often "flips the script"…..As Jacob's son Joseph told his jealous and deceitful brothers many years after their betrayal of him, "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good" Genesis 50:20a. No matter that one may find himself sold out, sidelined, ignored, forgotten, embattled or falsely accused, God has a plan and is allowing it for a purpose…. God's purpose may be larger than you and you may never know the fullness of it. You can trust God's goodness, God's sovereignty, and God's personal care and provision for you. Wait for the fulfillment of God's plan! CBB...
God Created and Ordained Families
Psalm 68"May God arise, may his enemies be scattered;may his foes flee before him.2 May you blow them away like smoke—as wax melts before the fire,may the wicked perish before God.3 But may the righteous be gladand rejoice before God;may they be happy and joyful.4 Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,extol him who rides on the clouds;rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.5 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,is God in his holy dwelling.6 God sets the lonely in families,he leads out the prisoners with singing;but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.7 When you, God,...