by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 25, 2023 | Bible Study
Seen on Twitter: What’s your favorite “how to read the Bible” book? Several folks were weighing in with various authors’/theologians’ names or titles. My first thought: the Bible itself…. accompanied by prayer for Holy Spirit illumination and conversation with...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 21, 2023 | Bible Study
From 5/21/2018…. I had a sweet conversation with someone recently who shared with me that she had realized that all these years she’d been reading the Bible in a very simple, literal sense only and missing some of its meaning and richness and personal...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 21, 2023 | spiritual battle
From 5/21/2019 Someone told me today that he envisioned me as marching on the gates of hell with a water pistol. I’d had another describe my efforts in spiritual battle as being more like a fly on the rump of a stallion. LOL! I guess others see my efforts in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 17, 2023 | memories
From a year ago..continuing to adapt and appreciate my townhome … (CBB 5/17/2022 ) “Full moon’s light shining in my window at 4:20 am…… a reminder of God’s goodness. It has no light of its own but reflects that of the greater light....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 17, 2023 | nature
I saw a picture this week of what was reported to be the upper and lower jaws and teeth of megalodon compared to that of a much smaller contemporary great white shark and was reminded of some reflecting on the mystery of megalodon’s existence and extinction from...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 17, 2023 | experiences
(A spiritual) “experience isn’t a possession to be coddled and stored, it’s an encounter with the indwelling Spirit that thrusts us further and deeper into the world……..John Wesley often asked his friends this question: “Is Christ...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 17, 2023 | recovery, Truth
You know, I’ve learned so much in these 15 years of working with women saying they want recovery. That is NOT the same as wanting to transform one’s life. If one can’t clearly state that she’s had enough of the old way and knows that...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 8, 2023 | memories, pets
May 8,3021: Poor little Winston is on high alert this morning. He was sitting by my chair as I was reading an individual’s lengthy minute by minute account of experiencing the prep process for a colonoscopy. I was laughing so hard I was snorting and tears were...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 4, 2023 | Holy Spirit, Truth
Speaking of worship….. John 4- Jesus and the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well in Sychar…. 19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 4, 2023 | attributes of Christ, doctrine
I quoted something in another post which JD Walt had observed ….that love which is defined by feelings and behaviors has a way of becoming all about license or legalism. I will give you an example: At age 22 I was in a medical internship shared by another woman,...
