by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 7, 2023 | scripture, service
i went to see Angel Studio’s “His Only Son” movie this week. Now I need to go see it again. At one point as Abraham knelt in humility and heartbreak before the Angel of the Lord, the theophany of God, His hand reached out to him in what appeared to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 20, 2022 | Scripture Studies, service, smiling
From 10/20/2016 Imagine my surprise: “Rev. Byrd, I’m calling from Gov. Scott’s office……” Shared with Titus 2 board members and instructors! The faithfulness you all have shown has helped make Titus 2 something to be proud of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 10, 2022 | blessing, service
I have heard individuals say to another to simply accept another’s blessing with the phrase, “Don’t blow out someone’s candle! Let them shine Christ’s light.” Here’s another way to think about what we do when we don’t...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 12, 2022 | service
I was reminded of something I hadn’t thought about in years…..when we lived in Montgomery, Bill’s Mother and Uncle lived with us. Uncle Harry was a WW II veteran who had served in North Africa. He was a bachelor and had a stroke when he was about 65,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 27, 2022 | service
A leader is appointed. A servant is anointed. The ideal is that one would seek to be a “servant-leader”, as described by Bennett Sims in the book by that name and exemplified for us in the life of Jesus. The primary emphasis has to be on the best interest...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 23, 2022 | sanctification, service
“Genuine transformation has to be something that takes place WITHIN us. Our desire to transform societies, or cultures, at times,is far too grandiose because such visions (claiming divine sanction) may actually be projections of our own failed ability to be internally...
