by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 13, 2023 | Ministry
Of the many objections that some members of the Board of Ministry of The UMC lobbed at me one after another over the final three years of the nine year journey in its determination to thwart my pursuit of ordination, perhaps the most amusing was that I lacked...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 12, 2023 | healing, holiness, memories, worship
Our daughter drove me to the outpatient surgery center in Birmingham, AL this morning for the planned thyroid right lobectomy. We arrived at the door promptly at 5 a.m. and I was registered, gowned, and waiting for the anesthesiologist and surgeon pre-op review and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 9, 2023 | family, growth
Elisabeth Elliot Quotes “There comes a time – many times, actually – in the lives of our children where we have to put the basket in the water. We have to let go and trust the plan of the Father. The world is a scary place – a place where we fear our...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 9, 2023 | God's attributes
One of my very favorite devotional writers- Jill Carattini always challenges one to think! And one of my favorite topics….the revelation of God in Christ! Minds Upset Wherever one might be in declarations of belief, God is so often not the God these declarations...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 9, 2023 | conflict
“God is not political. He doesn’t take a “side” other than His own will and His own glory. As His creation, God wants man’s politics to be seasoned with grace, concern, love for our fellow people, and a willingness to work out our differences without being...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 9, 2023 | boundaries, heart
Lord, teach me to listen. The times are noisy and my ears are weary with the thousand raucous sounds which continuously assault them. Give me the spirit of the boy Samuel when he said to You, “Speak, for Your servant hears.” Let me hear You speaking in my...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 9, 2023 | God's will
“You go nowhere by accident. Wherever you go, God is sending you. Wherever you are, God has put you there. He has a purpose in you being there. Christ who indwells you has something He wants to do through you wherever you are. Believe this, and go in His Grace,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 8, 2023 | miracles
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. How often we discover the truth of this in the surprising ways in which God works among us! Blessings frequently arise from unlikely circumstances. Margaret Manning makes that...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 8, 2023 | service
I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you. (John 13:15 NLT) “What are we to do to fulfill this commandment? One way to answer that question is to consider what makes us feel cleaner and more fit for the Master’s table. When someone takes the time...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 6, 2023 | counseling, growth
“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.” 1 Corinthians 13:11.. Jesus points to children as an example of the kind of faith, love, and trust for Father that he wants to...
