by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 25, 2026 | Assurance of faith, spiritual journey
One would have to know my history with astronomical bodies to appreciate this information shared below on Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” masterpiece. It began in February 1972, on an evening as I was escorted down the steps of my dorm at Auburn University to attend a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 13, 2026 | Assurance of faith, redemption, spiritual journey
I pray all is well with you FL folks. My church in Montgomery sent a work team yesterday. Not sure exactly where they are serving. I remember so well the faithful response of so many who came to our aid in PC 8 years ago after Hurricane Michael…meals served in church...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 20, 2025 | Assurance of faith, Assurance of salvation, Teaching, witness
Assurance…. A hallmark doctrine of Methodism….. yet do we really “get it?” Assurance is not “all about the heart”….. it’s only about the heart after one’s heart has been circumcised and healed by the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit operating by invitation to Jesus...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 18, 2024 | Assurance of faith, Assurance of salvation, desiring God, Holy Spirit
Reflection for tomorrow, Pentecost Sunday….. “The consolation of the Holy Spirit” is a phrase I have heard from time to time and I had imagined that it is the comfort of the Holy Spirit. But I read a brief essay by Ruth Haley Barton who has written about...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 21, 2023 | Assurance of faith
I am neither a “glass-half-empty” nor a “glass-half-full” kind of gal. I am a “the glass-can-always-be-refilled” kind of gal. That is an optimism that arises from confidence in the Source and Content, not confidence in the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 9, 2022 | Assurance of faith
I wrote this in response to some back and forth about whether or not God exists: Some will see and not believe; others will believe though they do not see. Each has a measure in his own heart that must be met. For some, they have observed, experienced, and heard more...
