by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 5, 2022 | delight, God's attributes
I saw a post on Facebook by a friend referencing her “favorite daughter”. I smiled, as I know she only has one daughter! Then I remembered another post on fb a few days ago, allegedly a mother’s post that went like this: “My children argue...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 5, 2022 | Covenant, culture, sleep
I love reading Jill Carattini’s devotional from Ash Wednesday of 2014 and her reference here to Lauren Winner, another thought provoking writer: Sleep and Ashes The Christian Vision Project was an initiative that began three consecutive years with a question....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 5, 2022 | joy
3/5/16… A dance recital photo was posted on social media of the daughter of a friend. I can so relate to her feelings of joy in watching her child dance. Our daughter Charlotte danced from the time she was two and on into her college years. I never could quite...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 5, 2022 | experiences
From 3/5/20 Whelmed…..to submerge, engulf, overtake utterly John 21:25 25Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written. It’s been one...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 5, 2022 | dreams
Journaled: “March 5, 2021- Yesterday I spent time framing some of my favorite pictures of Bill and of the two of us. It was a sweet, comforting time of remembering our life together over the decades. As a result of such consoling activity, my reward was a sweet...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 4, 2022 | Ministry
When I worked in a hospital laboratory I took on call duty every third weekend. It could be frantic depending on things that happened… I spent a lot of time driving back and forth responding to urgent demands. That seems to be part and parcel with ministry,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 4, 2022 | boundaries
Having made some decisions about priorities and use of time in my life, I am busily unsubscribing from a number of regular contributors to the spam in my email inbox and the glut of trash emails. I had kept a lot of them active and would scan them to see if there was...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 4, 2022 | Friendship
Mar 4,2016 posted by my dear friend, Pam Nevins: I’m reading “The Gift of Friendship: Stories That Celebrate the Beauty of Shared Moments” by Dawn Camp, Jennifer Dukes Lee and wanted to share this quote. “The Beauty of Friendship We can...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 4, 2022 | scripture
Micah 6:8: The Great Requirement- He has told you, O man, what is good; what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? – “do justice” is to address the cause of the need to which God has called you –...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 4, 2022 | family
“The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.” – Frank Clark – Our German daughter, who spent time in our home as an exchange student, sent this quote several years ago. She is stating...
