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.
100 Blessings A Day for 2026- KEEPER!
A Sister-Friend and I meet periodically face-to- face (in addition to regular social media contacts) to share what God is doing in our lives. Yesterday was our first-of-the -year check in….and an email that sums it up. Dear Cathy: (Scroll down and read first.) Today, I thank God for our friendship. Today, I thank you for my delicious breakfast. New Year’s Goal? 100 Blessing Prayers a day??? It could happen! Love ya! Mean it! Me From: Craig Castor [mailto:ccastor@worklifecre.com] Sent: Friday, January 9, 2026 6:29 AMTo: Craig CastorSubject: “All these...
A Sweet Remembrance….
We didn't get to visit with our Birmingham children over Christmas, but yesterday, a package arrived from our daughter. In it was a lovely "Stitches and Petals" necklace. It is a hand stitched flower on fabric mounted in a silver charm on a neck chain. It is beautiful and a card was included describing the Bell Flower as representing Gratitude. In 1990 a friend had given me a little book entitled “The Language of Flowers”. She was a Victorian era antiques enthusiast. This little book detailed the Victorian’s passion for using flowers to “speak” their emotions. It lists the Lily of the Valley...
Dr. Curt Thompson on Gratitude
Wisdom from Dr. Curt Thompson, whose work inspires and guides me. 1/8/26. CBB “Gratitude is far more than a seasonal sentiment. It is a practice that literally reshapes our brains and our relationships.Gratitude doesn’t arise effortlessly. It’s cultivated through repetition and intention. Each time we name something good, we direct our attention away from fear and scarcity and toward connection and hope. Over time, these repeated acts strengthen neural pathways that support emotional regulation, resilience, and openness to relationship. In this way, gratitude becomes...
Watching Life Change
I do a lunch delivery run for home bound seniors once a month. It’s nice chatting with folks , getting to know a bit about them,, the other people serving them, praying with them. Today was my delivery day. I had a new man and wife added, but I realized 2 individuals had been removed, one an elderly lady who lived alone. I had seen home helpers there a couple of times and a friend who visited. She was clearly very fragile and barely able to tend to herself. I stopped by her house to check on her even though she was off the list. The house was locked up tight. Her car, which I’m sure she has...
Such Long Lives In Genesis!
from 1/7/2016…. Part of our group's Genesis discussion: why did early generations of humanity live so long? One reader had suggested to me the insight that after God told Adam and Eve to go forth and multiply God may have granted long lives to assure the survival of humanity in the now-broken world and to facilitate the transfer of learned skills and collective wisdom of humanity during that early populating and dispersal of people over larger areas of land. Oral transfer of knowledge and developing traditions, patterns, and human institutions needed deep reservoirs of memory in order to...
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...