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 9, 2025 | spiritual life, worship, writing
Shooting stars have held special meaning for me because of their propitious appearances at key moments of my life….always unexpectedly coming and bringing with them a sense of hopefulness and their alignment with what seemed to be God’s assurance that all would be...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 9, 2024 | change, Truth, understand, Wisdom, writing
After attending Seedbed’s New Room Leaders Gathering in February, I realized that using the language of “personal surrender” had worn thin with me in talking to adult discipleship students….. The language of “consecration” of self (as we...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 7, 2024 | change, Wisdom, work, writing
Jesus is enough.Seen this week and posted:(words written on a torn scrap of brown paper sack) “Father, forgive me for the times I craved a seat at a table you would have flipped.” Principle discovered in “downsizing:” While my physical...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 3, 2024 | poetry, spiritual journey, writing
Had I but knownand trusted this truth. To wait…..Instead, I delightedin chasing every beautiful shiny or fascinating thing.But God is faithfuland does not let us miss His BEST!He faithfully waits …..and when we exhaust ourselves,He refreshes usand we continue...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 1, 2024 | Friendship, Grace, grief, witness, work, writing
Hi, Friends. I want to share something with you I discovered recently in my own grief journey…. But first, I’m going to share a poem I read today. (See photo.) Two weeks ago on one day I had two people who brought my grief full face before me. One was an...
