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.
Awakening to Abiding 12/31/25
this is a devotional with which I engage daily… The seedbed.com Wake Up Call . This one was from 12/31/25 and sets the tone for living an awakened life, abiding in Christ this coming year. https://seedbed.com/tbl-wake-up-to-recognition-and-mission/ CONSECRATION Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you. Jesus, I belong to you. I lift up my heart to you.I set my mind on you.I fix my eyes on you.I offer my body to you as a living sacrifice. Jesus, we belong to you. Praying in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, amen. THE WORD OF...
The Quiet Part Out Loud- National Divide
1/10/26 Senator Chris McDaniel. Saying out loud what many think I keep hearing folks say this is just another rough patch for our country. Another season of hard feelings. History will smooth it out, they say. Time always does. I’m not so sure this time. What I see now feels different. And you see it, too. It’s not louder. But Deeper, in a way that ought to worry us more than shouting ever could. We’re not just divided over policies anymore. We’re divided over who we are. What we owe each other. Whether the other side even belongs to the same country. For most of my life, we argued inside a...
”Grief Is A Wild Creature…”
A prayer that is so on-point. Copied from the page of Cathy Boyd Byrd, written by Sarah Westfall. 5/30/22 "Grief is a wild creature, and right now, all our emotions and questions and frustrations are seeping out of the cracks of our brokenness. Some of it is spilling over onto each other. While I do not want to diminish the loss, put a lid on conversation, or inhibit necessary change, my hope in this moment is that we will not lose sight of our shared humanity. …..today, I want to make space to pause and offer this simple prayer: God, may these groans become our common ground.May we sit down...
A Son’s Love, A Disciple’s Faith
Dottie Wilson’s description here is like the faith of my husband, Bill. He was an only child of parents who loved and provided for him. He was also the only grandchild of his maternal grandparents and had an aunt and uncle close by who had no children and who spent time with him, too. He knew he was valued and loved, though he was not spoiled or demanding of “stuff.” He related well to older adults, especially. Although he didnt grow attending Sunday School or church camps or Christian youth activities, he had a simple trusting faith that I admired. He did attend a Methodist Church with his...
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...