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...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 24, 2025 | God's will, Wisdom, writing
The Kingdom economy is very different from that of the world. The world economy is about meeting our own needs by the work of our hands. The Kingdom economy is about meeting the needs of one another with the resources God has put in our care as stewards of His...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 29, 2024 | marriage, Uncategorized, Wisdom
Bathsheba’s ( And Eve’s) Actions in Perspective I had previously written about Bathsheba and Eve, in discussing their roles and those of the men associated with each woman in the sins committed by each and who, in God’s opinion appears to have been...