by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 18, 2022 | poetry
Isaiah 6:8-13- Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I.(Send me!” 9 He said, “Go and tell this people: “‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 14, 2022 | poetry
From 1973 Seeing all these pix of infants among friends at church and with my children’s birthdays coming up soon (40 and 38), I’m feeling sentimental about my young mothering years. A poem from that time of my life: Infant Sleeps What words can a mother...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 14, 2022 | poetry
From 1973….. Infant’s Sleeping Smile I’ve stood by your cradle and watched you Dream your silent dreams. Empty they are of a language But filled with humor, it seems. So recently from His hand you’ve come The two of you still share A private thought between you...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 14, 2022 | poetry
How I passed the time all those years I was driving around 3 states as a sales representative: Surveying Property in Alabama Acres of yellow wild flowers carpet a field Soft and fragrant beneath the hooves of grazing cattle. A half mile further west, another is...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 9, 2022 | poetry
Found by a friend on her mother’s Bible: A great thought……worth sharing. The Greatest Test Help me to walk so close to Thee That those who know me best can see I live as godly as I pray And Christ is real from day to day. I see some once a day, or...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 10, 2021 | poetry
Robert Browning poem introduced to me by a student at Titus 2…… so wistful and beautiful and leaves one hoping that their ride truly would go on into eternity…….. sigh. Thinking of Bill today. The Last Ride Together I. I said—Then, dearest, since ’tis so,...
