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 9, 2024 | books, reading, Wisdom
Reading Adam Grant’s 2021 book, “Think Again.”. The book is an “invitation to let go of knowledge and opinions that are no longer serving you well, and to anchor your sense of self in flexibility instead of consistency. If you can master the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 9, 2024 | giving, stewardship, The Church, True Religion, witness
Adam Grant writes about “empathetic distress”, also called “compassion fatigue”……It is common for people to experience, especially those who work in helping professions- healthcare, social services, counseling, ministry, etc. And it also...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 8, 2024 | change, Comfort, God's will, growth, home, journaling, Lent, life change, marriage, questions, seasons, spiritual journey, Trust
When have you felt God direct you to make a change in your life? Did you struggle with any doubt or were you confident in the change? In August 1992, my husband, Bill, had a job opportunity and was ready for a change of venue . After praying about the situation, he...
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 4, 2024 | Teaching, Wisdom
“The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.” Frank Clark – Our German daughter, Ingela, who spent time in our home as an exchange student, sent this quote several years ago. She is stating...
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...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 23, 2024 | dreams, spiritual journey, Spiritual Warfare, Uncategorized, writing
Much of what we read about Jesus’ ministry involves meals shared together. Sharing a potluck meal with strangers or entertaining at home is like placing a sacrifice of something of one’s self on an altar…. the shared table spread before us. We offer...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 18, 2024 | Aging, growth
I tore through my teens, racing eagerly to do “life!” I trudged through my 20’s finishing college, getting married, having babies, starting a career…… all the things that “adulting” demanded and, at 29, believed I was a failure at...
