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.
I Know What I Know
CBB 2/8/22 Some say "You KNOW that you KNOW that you KNOW", implying that one has certainty about knowledge acquired. I prefer "I know WHAT I know" AND acknowledging there is much that I don't know, can't know and will never know! I know I am not God. I am not gifted with any unique insights. I simply know what God chooses to reveal to me in His Word, through His Holy Spirit, among the kind, loving, generous and wise people He has placed me among in the midst of circumstances He has allowed. In short, I know God. He has made Himself known again and again through His Glory revealed in the...
What Will Stand the Test of Time CBB 2/8/22
Some value things that they believe will stand the test of time. But what of the day when time is no more? Will those valued treasures stand the test of eternity? 1 Corinthians 3:6-23 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. 9 For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building. 10 By the grace God has given me,...
What Revival Looks Like
from 2/8/23.. By Lee Grady on FB GET READY, THE NEXT REVIVALWILL BE VERY MESSY True revival is a clash between light and darkness, so don’t be surprised by the noise. By J. Lee Grady Many Christians pray for spiritual awakening, and that’s good. But I wonder if we realize how disruptive revival will be when it hits us like a tsunami. If you read accounts of previous revivals, three things become obvious: (1) revival requires a lot of work; (2) it’s always chaotic; and (3) it offends religious people. It’s not always welcome in traditional churches. Just read the account of the revival in...
From THEY to YOU
Sermon for 2/8/26 Christ Methodist Church-Montgomery Just recently, in a meeting at church, Pastor Misty Barrett commented on an upcoming need to secure someone to fill in for her. I said, “You know, I am not averse to filling in for you occasionally.” LOL! She took me up on it this week. So, “Here I am, LORD,” having prepared a sermon for this Sunday using Scripture that follows on the heels of her beautiful exposition on the Beatitudes last week, picking up where she left off. Hear now the Word of the LORD 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake...
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,...