by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 30, 2006 | Uncategorized
Thirty one years ago tonight I was giving birth to my second child, a girl. I can remember much about that night. There is one moment in particular when the doctor shouted, “Get in here stat, the heart rate’s going.” Detached as I was, with...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 30, 2006 | songs, story
March 20, 1997…..In a moment of ecstatic praise, I said, “Surely the Lord has created this beautiful world for His glory and my delight!” No sooner had the words formed in my brain than I heard, in my spirit, “Tell others.” I knew it was...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 4, 2006 | Uncategorized
I forwarded the timestamp post below ( See “Time in a Bottle”) to a friend, a pastor, whose intellect I appreciate. And wouldn’t you know it, he immediately replied, “Won’t it happen again in a thousand years?”He’s absolutely...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 3, 2006 | Salt, Trust
I had the privilege today to review a new Bible study series entitled SALT-Seven Areas of Life Trainings, A Comprehensive Discipleship Series. It’s a rather simple, straight forward, 28 lesson study that most anyone could work through in a day or two, with...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 3, 2006 | Palindromes, Trivia
A friend sent me this notice by email this week with the subject line: “not worth the time, but still interesting” On Wednesday of next week, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00in the morning, the time and date will be: 01:02:03 04/05/06 That...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 26, 2006 | books, Pharaisees, Priests
We all can identify the spirit of pharisaism among us- those who hold themselves forth as more righteous than others, who separate themselves from the rest of us and flaunt their religiosity before us, often making others feel inferior and unrighteous.But how often...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 24, 2006 | Galatians 5:22, patience
I had written on July 30, 05 about my conviction that the order of the attributes described as “fruit of the spirit” in Galations 5:22 represents God’s perfect will, though we, living in a fallen world, seldom experience them in such perfect order....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 16, 2006 | Uncategorized
It is amazing to me that it is already Mar 15th. We’re halfway through the third month of 2006, almost a quarter of the way done. Wasn’t Christmas just last week…..? My life seems to be more full now than ever. Is that what makes the time seem to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 2, 2006 | 1 Corinthians 15:9, 1 Timothy 1:15, David Jeremiah, Ephesians 3:8, Grace, Romans 7:15-25
One of the joys of my job is the drive time. It gives me abundant opportunity to listen to teaching on Christian radio or on tapes or CDs. I keep a note pad and pen by me in the car so that I can jot down scripture passages when a particular teaching is something I...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 24, 2006 | Uncategorized
My husband and I had the pleasure of cruising in the Caribbean for 7 nights recently. This was the fourth cruise for us and the accomodations on the ms Westerdam (Holland America Line) were the best we’d experienced. I must say, however, that I was disappointed...
