by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 8, 2022 | Teaching
I am so very blessed to have been raised in a family in which a commitment to being in church/VBS/Sunday School was made by our parents. There was a spiritual foundation that came from my early training that I was able to build on as an adult. (Hmmmmm, I think God...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 12, 2022 | stones, Teaching
This is a stone from a field on the homesite where my maternal grandfather’s family lived in Barbour County, AL. I had discovered the significance of “standing stones” ( also called “Ebenezer”- stone of help) during a study 15 years or...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 12, 2022 | Teaching
Proverbs 24:32, “I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw.” King Solomon, a very wise man, said, “I go out looking for lessons. And from what I see, I apply my heart to the things that I see around me all day.”...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 31, 2022 | Teaching
I receive messages and calls regularly from people who have not found the comfort and guidance they were seeking through traditional counseling or from church leaders (or at a price for counseling they could afford to sustain!) When I hear some of the experiences, it...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 21, 2022 | Career, culture, Teaching
I was sitting next to a friend at a luncheon and the subject of teachers with guns in schools came up. She, a former teacher, said, “They took the Bible out of the classroom. Then they took paddles away from the teachers. Now they want to give teachers...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 21, 2022 | God's will, Teaching
5 Ways God Uses Problems The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you – depending on how you respond to them. Unfortunately, most people fail to see how God wants to use problems for good in their lives. They react foolishly and resent their...