by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 20, 2009 | Career, Mark 5
Last week I read two devotionals on Wednesday and Thursday regarding the Gerasene demoniac in Mark 5,(“The Right Weapon” and “Managed or Solved?” by Lorraine Ezell at www.mastersbusiness.org). The first one was on how the people sought to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 15, 2009 | pets
Wednesday morning, while Bill was out of town on business with our son, I stopped by a friend’s house to pick something up on my way to work. While I was on her porch Bill called on the cell phone and heard my friend’s dog barking. With some excitement in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 14, 2009 | discipleship training
For several months now, almost every time I’m in the truck listening to Christian radio, I hear Slow Fade by Casting Crowns. It’s a powerful song about how insidious and subtle the intrusion of sin is in our lives. If we are not actively maintaining our...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
I am a busy person. I like being busy. And I enjoy the satisfaction of getting things checked off my to do list. But more and more I realize that I may just be giving off vibes that I am too busy for the people who actually are the more important part of my daily...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 10, 2009 | neighbors
In the early hours before dawn my husband had to catch a flight. Neither of us slept well, waiting for the 4:00am alarm to ring and preparing for the dash out the door. So, by the time the alarm rang, we were both up moving about, him getting dressed, me packing for...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 6, 2009 | healing
I’m in the midst of my third cold in about as many months. It may be my imagination, but they seem to follow visits with grandchildren. Exposure to unfamiliar strains of cold viruses, perhaps? Maybe it’s just that, after months and months of burning the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 1, 2009 | pets
The cats, all four of them, have sensed the change in our household since Abby’s departure Friday morning. We’ve put away her beds and gathered up her snacks and toys. But it’s more than that.One of our older cats, Patty, is quite feral and does not...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 31, 2009 | pets
Last night was a long night for my husband and me. Our little 15 year old mixed terrier mutt, who’s been declining for the last year, awakened us shortly after midnight in great distress. She was obviously in pain. We got her and ourselves together and to the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 31, 2009 | Career
When I was in junior high and high school, I played basketball. I was pretty good, making the varsity team as a freshman. Later I was a cheerleader. I was reasonably athletic. But that was many years (and pounds) ago. Today I wear a pedometer and hope to achieve a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 25, 2009 | holiness
A couple of years ago a friend gave my husband and me really nice Mont Blanc pens. Bill’s is a ball point pen; mine is a cartridge fountain pen. I enjoy using it and generally keep it clipped inside my journal. Several days ago, I apparently left it lying on the...
