by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 11, 2025 | small delights, Spirituality, understand, Wisdom, Worldview, writing
Today’s date “11/11”. (CBB 11/11/25) I remember a Sunday morning when a young grade school friend walked into my church office and noticed the digital clock on my desk showed 11:11 as the time (which it does twice daily!) He exclaimed, “Quick, make a wish!” I asked...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 11, 2025 | home, marriage, Memorials, memories, stones, symbols, Thanks, worship, writing
In the hymn sung today in the Seedbed.com Wake Up Call devotional, “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing,” JD Walt noted in it a reference to raising one’s Eben Ezer, a stone of remembrance as a testimony to God’s work on our behalf. Bill and I have had an Eben Ezer that...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 11, 2025 | Comfort, Prayer, Teaching
In a daily devotional online recently we covered a passage from Luke 22 regarding Christ’s prayer in the Mount of Olives before His arrest. Days later I’m still gleaning in the Luke 22 account of Jesus praying in agony with the knowledge of God’s will yet struggling...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 10, 2025 | conflict, counseling, discipleship training, reconciliation, redemption, sanctification, self examination, self worth, significance
In classes teaching women about identity, we reference two driving needs of humans, security and significance. Robert McGee’s book, Search for Significance, is helpful as part of this effort. Security is rooted in the need to feel loved and accepted unconditionally....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 8, 2025 | Ministry, missions, Titus 2 Partnership
Titus 2 Activities-October 2025 10/4 Attended EquipHer workshop in PC Beach on Psalm Bible Study and Prayer. New tools, new friends. Delivered monthly Meals on Wheels route Provided personal items for woman temporarily homeless awaiting disability approval 10/9...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 6, 2025 | appearances, mind, Spirituality, transcendance, Wisdom, Worldview
Simple, but not easy…… truth. For years I have understood that life in the physical realm is created to mirror and reveal the spiritual realm. Mankind’s obsession with its own capacity for freewill and the presence of an anti-God enemy happy to deceive mankind warped...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 6, 2025 | conflict, spiritual growth, Wisdom
The spirit of offense is rampant among our children….such evil, such tragedy. How many of them have heard and seen verbal and physical violence in the home? Disrespect? Rejection of authority? Have no skills for impulse control or conflict resution? No willingness to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 5, 2025 | Bible Study, redemption, second thoughts
In the daily Wake Up Call devotional from Seedbed on Sunday, 11/2/25, JD Walt directed us to the story in Luke of Zaccheus. He stirred a bit of discussion in the readers’ Facebook discussion group by suggestions Zaccheus was not necessarily the low-life sinner tax...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 5, 2025 | CBByrd Testimony, Comfort, dreams, love, Prayer
Deep peace of the running wave to you.Deep peace of the flowing air to you. Deep peace of the quiet earth to you. Deep peace of the gentle night to you. Moon and stars pour their healing light on you.Deep peace of Christ, the light of the world, to you. Gaelic...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 3, 2025 | dreams, nature, woundedness, writing
During this month of prayer and fasting we are focusing on the theme “Preparing the Way”. It suggests an active endeavor on our parts. And certainly there is a lot of activity underway in preparation for our move. And just as certainly, it is the consensus of our...
