by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 6, 2005 | Uncategorized
The last two weeks have been a blur. I worked a men’s retreat the weekend of August 26-28. There was a hurricane moving into the Gulf of Mexico so my husband, who works at a TV station, had to stay home to help with the round the clock weather coverage...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 23, 2005 | Uncategorized
I have a friend who is a retired pastor. He was our family pastor for about a year when our children were young. Through the years we’ve come to realize what a profound impact he had on our spiritual formation during that year that we were under his care. He...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 22, 2005 | Uncategorized
The legendary (?) story of Lady Godiva (whose name means ‘gift of God’), the beautiful wife of Leofric III (968 – 1057), Earl of Mercia and lord of Coventry, is an interesting one. The people of Mercia were terribly burdened by the earl’s oppressive...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 22, 2005 | Uncategorized
Sometime back I heard a radio preacher comment that satan is not creative. He doesn’t need to be. The tools he has he uses very effectively. There is no need for any new ones. This week I was ambushed. Satan used a tool on me that he has used very effectively...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 21, 2005 | Jeremiah 29:11, Psalm 23, Romans 8:28
I am a Romans 8:28 Christian. “For we know that ALL things work together for good to those who love the Lord and are called according to His purpose.” I have, it appears, tested this throughout all my adult life and have come to know it is, indeed, true....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 17, 2005 | Uncategorized
It’s been said, and I mostly agree, that the pain of childbirth is forgotten in the joy of the new arrival. My experience with childbirth and other physical pains is that one can remember that the experience hurt, but the memory of the pain itself is not acute...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 17, 2005 | Uncategorized
My husband and I have been in a ‘new to us’ home for about six months. I had made a resolution to try and be more attentive to the plants at this home, which has a lovely yard. I had even begun to nurture some very nice potted plants in the lanai on a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 9, 2005 | Uncategorized
Our son’s family had been here for a week. Yesterday was departure day. Bill made two trips to the airport- once at 4:30am for our son’s flight, again at 10:30am for that of the daughter in law and the 3 children. When I arrived home from work at 4:30pm,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 6, 2005 | Enjoying home
In February we moved into a 32 year old house on an area lake. It is considerably smaller than our previous home, but the view is spectacular. We’ve been doing a number of “updates”- new lighting, cabinetry, flooring, etc. This week we have our son,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 3, 2005 | Uncategorized
If buying a personal watercraft had any potential for being an idol for me, yesterday’s delivery of it and the next two hours presented a challenge to that risk and helped me put it in proper perspective. The dealer delivered it to a boat landing about a quarter...
