by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 17, 2026 | change, Truth, Wisdom
I knew the Wallace family from my family’s hometown. I visited Lurleen and children with our 4th grade girl scouts and Daddy and I went to see him in his final years before his death in Montgomery. He did suffer in this life but found peace. CBB. 7/16/26 “In June...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 12, 2026 | Psalm 37:3-5, scripture, Truth, writing
In 2001, after I was asked to be lay director for Blue Lake Emmaus Walk 137 in August 2002, I began praying for a theme and scripture. Almost immediately the word the LORD God pressed on me was “trust.” I searched scriptures about trust and nothing was clicking. Weeks...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 8, 2026 | doubt, knowing, Truth, Wisdom, Worldview
CBB 2/8/22 Some say “You KNOW that you KNOW that you KNOW”, implying that one has certainty about knowledge acquired. I prefer “I know WHAT I know” AND acknowledging there is much that I don’t know, can’t know and will never know! I...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 3, 2026 | judging, scripture, Teaching, Truth, Wisdom, writing
“If any one tells you that such a person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you, but answer: “He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.”— Epictetus. (Thank you, Nicola Gibson. This quote lines up with...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 27, 2025 | Faith, Teaching, Truth
“If you are in a “full of sorrow, kind of moment right now,”know that sorrow is not the end of your story. John 16:20 is a reminder to stay faithful. God will turn your tears of sadness into tears of joy. A lasting and permanent kind of joy, a joy that the world...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 14, 2025 | spiritual growth, Teaching, Truth, work
I’ve been pondering “goodness” recently as part of exploring the topic in the Fruit of the Spirit. This article from October 14,2023, discusses hedonism vs. eudaemonism. Excerpted from an article by Matthew Little, “Hedonism Vs. True Happiness” in Epoch...
