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.
The End of The Story: January 6 and A Tale of Temptation
Good description below by Ron Wendth of temptation’s seduction. After hearing Ms. Hemphill’s regrets and testimony over her involvement in the actions of January 6,2021, I have reflected on the diverse ways in which individuals have perceived and responded to their own involvement. When embodied evil, as exists in anyone influenced by desires arising from seeing an opportunity to serve oneself, acts on that self-serving impulse the result is sin. Shame and guilt in one’s own heart is the natural outcome. It is not necessarily the exposure to evil influence alone, though curiosity that leads...
What God Desires
JD, in our seedbed.com Wake Up Call devotional, challenged us to identify from God’s Word, the verse(s) that would guide us this year, not merely a single focus word. JD has told the story of a Ms. Betty, a senior storekeeper who would always greet him with this question, “What word are you standing on today?” She was asking what from the Word of God was guiding him at that moment. I have pondered what in God’s word would guide me this year. Nothing in particular was clicking until I read Dr. Curt Thomson’s message for the New Year today. Then I knew….. This message for the New Year from Dr....
Money Matters
Character will always be revealed when money is involved. I’ve heard some sad and, at times, ridiculous stories about relationships ruined over financial expectations not being met… in families, among friends, within churches, neighbors, etc. But I, like any other person who desires to be a good steward of resources, both my own and those of Titus 2’s ministry, must keep a scrupulous check on my own relationship to resources and how my emotions and historical experiences get in the way. All good things come from God’s good will and provision. At the same time, while my desire is to honor and...
God In The Darkness
In today’s Seedbed.com Wake Up Call devotional, as we explore the book of Proverbs together, JD Walt directs us to Proverbs 5:21–23 (NIV) For your ways are in full view of the LORD, and he examines all your paths.The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them; the cords of their sins hold them fast.For lack of discipline they will die, led astray by their own great folly. He observes, “What if we read this text not as an ominous warning or as bad news, but as good news? Someone watching over us can help us, and encourage us, and pick us up when we fall, and...
Praise for Role of Family
This touches me deeply as truth. I have counted on God for this in the lives of my children, grands and great grands and I have not been disappointed. I desire all families to embrace this. The Christian Family as a Channel of Revival And a prophetic word from Mrs. W. DAVID F. WATSON JAN 02, 2026 Mrs. Watson was in prayer recently and received word from the Lord about families. I won’t share the whole thing, but part of it reads, Revival is an outpouring from our families; overcoming strongholds, living in holiness, love, peace, and joy. Revival will come from the overflow of healthy...
No Chocolate milk and Cliff Notes
From 1/4/22. CBB “it was a gradual process as God led me to His purpose for my life….to teach and open up the Word of God for others …. to challenge and invite them into a deeper contemplative life in Christ. It seems that many want short, quick, easy to understand mini-inspirations….. to be given life’s cliff notes. At Titus 2's ministry discipling women we can regularly have long discussions- 2 hours or more- covering principles in God’s Word and applying them to our lives. Institutional church and religious habit train us to expect 20 minute, 3 point devotional sermons that focus on 1 or...
Wisdom Is Timeless….
President Carter’s Death
from 1/3/2025….. Remembering President Jimmy Carter Present Jimmy Carter, of Plains, Ga., near where I grew up was described today this way: “summation of the man: “disciplined, funny, enormously intelligent, and deeply spiritual.” Not a bad epitaph.
When God Starts Closing The Case
“If any one tells you that such a person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you, but answer: “He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.”— Epictetus. (Thank you, Nicola Gibson. This quote lines up with something else God just put before my eyes!) THIS: “You have not yet acquired perfect love if your regard for people is still swayed by their character.”— St. Maximus the Confessor Somehow the two of these bring to mind….. Matthew 7:3-5 “3 Why do you see the splinter that’s in your brother’s or sister’s eye, but don’t notice the...
Anonymous Servant of God
“Can you serve the Lord in ministry and be content simply with whatever praise comes from Him? There is a woman, a prophetess of God who did. God chose not to reveal her personal name. She was known only as, wife of Isaiah, Isaiah 8:3. Her mention is brief but significant and an important lesson for everyone because the opportunity to serve the Lord in any capacity is not an opportunity for promoting one’s self as being powerful or important. Pride disqualifies anyone who seeks positions of authority, 1 Timothy 3:6. Isaiah’s wife was a nameless, prophetess...