by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 15, 2023 | Teaching
Here’s another “ponderable” that arose from a conversation today….One person has stated that “life is a test” and she sees everything through the lens of being tested. I asked if she felt the tests were from the devil or from God....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 21, 2023 | Teaching
A lot of people tell me they don’t go to church because they don’t want to feel like hypocrites. Well, why the heck not? Feeling the convicting work of the Spirit might make you quit doing some of the things that make you feel that way. We all do some of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 19, 2023 | Teaching
From E.Stanley Jones’ “In Christ.” (With some insertion of my SELF-talk as I read!) “…..we must explore what we mean by “Christ.” I came near saying “we must define,” but to define is to confine, and when we are dealing with the Eternal...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 12, 2023 | Teaching
In high school I won an award one year for the highest grades in Algebra. Later some testing done while being considered for a promotion stated I had set a new record of achievement in the company’s testing for abstract thinking and mathematics. All I can say is...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 8, 2023 | Teaching, theology, Uncategorized
Are you ever listening to music on the radio and suddenly a word or phrase jumps out at you that leads you to something you hadn’t seen , heard, or considered before? This morning as I listened to a Christian station, a song “Graves Into Gardens” came on and I heard...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 7, 2023 | experiences, Teaching, Temptation
Our Seedbed.com Wake Up Call devotional this morning was on the final verse of Luke 4: “When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.” It caused me to reflect on opportunism, as I have before when thinking about the satan’s...
