by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 20, 2015 | spiritual life
“In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while they slumber in their beds, he opens the ears of men and seals their instruction.” Job 33:15-16 The context for this scripture is that God warns us through dreams, to turn us away...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 2, 2015 | spiritual life
I have written in the past about early mornings when I have clearly had the Lord speak to me through Scripture or during prayer or just had a thought that was firmly persistent in my mind upon awaking. Sometimes such thoughts have been about things that were not even...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 30, 2015 | spiritual life
March 30, 2015 Over the weekend I had written about the “no’s” that are sometimes necessary in one’s life. On Palm Sunday, spiritual director Christianne Squires wrote about our “greater yes”. Here is her Sunday email newsletter, A Cup of Sunday Quiet: “I’m...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 27, 2015 | spiritual life
Building Meaning in Life: Personal Reflections by Ben Dean and A Postscript On Why It Matters To Us Here at Titus 2 Ben Dean, a positive psychology proponent and life coach writes, “Life coach Mike Steger has written that meaning in life includes two central...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 25, 2015 | spiritual life, The Church
In the March 24th edition of Ministry Matters, Rebekah Simon-Peter suggests that for Lent we give up going to church. She says, “The biggest reason I am suggesting to give up going to church has to do with the meaning of the word church. Church is drawn from the Latin...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 30, 2014 | listening, Oswald Chambers, spiritual life, Teaching
Funny how God works.This morning I took a copy of Oswald Chambers’ “My Utmost for His Highest” with me to church, which I never do. As I left for church I simply felt the urge to tuck it into the side pocket of my purse. Later, as I walked through...
