by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 25, 2025 | growth, healing, Uncategorized
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 Aspiring to Tolerance and Inclusivity or Full of Grace and Truth? This morning’s devotional from Seedbed.com (posted above) hit a tender place for me. I have been confronted with the instruction to love my enemies...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 8, 2024 | change, Comfort, God's will, growth, home, journaling, Lent, life change, marriage, questions, seasons, spiritual journey, Trust
When have you felt God direct you to make a change in your life? Did you struggle with any doubt or were you confident in the change? In August 1992, my husband, Bill, had a job opportunity and was ready for a change of venue . After praying about the situation, he...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 18, 2024 | Aging, growth
I tore through my teens, racing eagerly to do “life!” I trudged through my 20’s finishing college, getting married, having babies, starting a career…… all the things that “adulting” demanded and, at 29, believed I was a failure at...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 8, 2023 | growth, healing, Teaching
When I see the degree of spiritual bondage some people are in as I talk to them and discover how spiritually immature and incapable of helping themselves they are, I realize why Jesus likened people to sheep. One can almost hear it in the voice of some who are...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 2, 2023 | Aging, change, Grace, growth
A beautiful reflection by Sarah Westfall……. worth the read. I remember the year I was 29 was much like this, full of uncertainty. I wish turning 30 had resolved it, but I spent much of my 30’s like the dandelion seeds, blowing in the wind. It would...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 9, 2023 | family, growth
Elisabeth Elliot Quotes “There comes a time – many times, actually – in the lives of our children where we have to put the basket in the water. We have to let go and trust the plan of the Father. The world is a scary place – a place where we fear our...
