by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 11, 2025 | small delights, Spirituality, understand, Wisdom, Worldview, writing
Today’s date “11/11”. (CBB 11/11/25) I remember a Sunday morning when a young grade school friend walked into my church office and noticed the digital clock on my desk showed 11:11 as the time (which it does twice daily!) He exclaimed, “Quick, make a wish!” I asked...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 6, 2025 | appearances, mind, Spirituality, transcendance, Wisdom, Worldview
Simple, but not easy…… truth. For years I have understood that life in the physical realm is created to mirror and reveal the spiritual realm. Mankind’s obsession with its own capacity for freewill and the presence of an anti-God enemy happy to deceive mankind warped...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 6, 2025 | conflict, spiritual growth, Wisdom
The spirit of offense is rampant among our children….such evil, such tragedy. How many of them have heard and seen verbal and physical violence in the home? Disrespect? Rejection of authority? Have no skills for impulse control or conflict resution? No willingness to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 7, 2025 | Prayer, spiritual life, Teaching, Wisdom, witness
I heard a pastor say, somewhat dismissively? how he dislikes hearing people say, “I am with you in spirit!” He said we know that one’s human spirit cannot be in two places at once since to be “absent from the body is to be present with the Lord,” i.e., as in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 3, 2025 | CBByrd Testimony, experiences, Faith, knowing, Wisdom, witness
In 1997 my relationship with the Lord developed exponentially as I began to learn how to love Him not just with an affectionate heart, or an obedient soul, but also to love Him with a listening, contemplative, and discerning mind. As He led me more and more also into...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 2, 2025 | Wisdom, Words and Writing, writing
(from 3/9/24, CBB) “Cast: [verb] to cause to move or send forth by throwing. direct. to put forth. to place as if by throwing. to deposit (a ballot) formally. to throw off or away. to get rid of : discard. shed, molt. to throw to the ground especially in wrestling. to...
