by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 12, 2016 | Comfort
There are times when something can really bring life into focus, like awaking from a vivid dream about one’s impending death. I went to sleep about 8pm and about three hours later I awoke, having dreamed that I had terminal cancer and was facing an unspecified time...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 11, 2016 | spiritual life
There are “seasons” when one teacher seems more attuned to where one is in life than any other teachers. Joni E. Tada is one whose spiritual insights seem to be particularly helpful right now to me, as observed when I read her recent devotional entitled...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 3, 2016 | counseling, sanctification
David Powlinson is one of the key principals in the Christian Counseling Education Foundation. He counsels and trains Christian counselors. I was reading an article recently on sanctification by him. And noted these observations: “In my twenties I was...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 27, 2015 | Calling, CBByrd Testimony, evangelism
Years ago, as God began to call me toward a life of ministry, at one point I was praising him in song….I stopped and spoke out of the joy in my heart, “Surely God has created the beauty of this world for his glory and my delight!” In that very...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 27, 2015 | cardinals, CBByrd Testimony
Several people, knowing my affection for cardinals, have posted photos of cardinals to my facebook page. I am very fond of cardinals… God used them to speak to me during a difficult time in our marriage. I had a dream early in the summer of 1997. I dreamed I was...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 27, 2015 | desiring God
3:30 a.m. at Deerpoint Lake: The night was so still, even the crickets were asleep. The dogs and I went out for a brief walk in the backyard. I looked at the night sky and wondered if it was that quiet on the hills around Bethlehem the night of Jesus’ birth...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 23, 2015 | Faith, family
This Advent season has had me reflecting on the concept of “family” and “home”, both on behalf of the Titus 2 women and for myself. I was reading a review of a book that stated, “The author of Keeping the Feast connects the metaphor of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 19, 2015 | God's will, Uncategorized
From a Journal post 5/22/11: The last week has been a time of self-reflection. Last Tuesday we had a group of women from Port St. Joe United Methodist Church visiting at Bethel Village. As Billy Fox was talking about the proposed BV expansion, which has been delayed...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
We provide mental health support, including approved use of basic mental health medications and access to mental health services. We are not, however a mental health facility. When someone’s primary mode of self presentation is to tell me how their multiple...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 4, 2015 | self examination, self-awareness, spiritual formation
One of the goals with students at Titus 2 is to have them examine and evaluate their values, what they believe is important in life, and especially whether or not they are living out their values, whether their conduct is congruent with what they say they value....
