by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 27, 2025 | stewardship, Teaching, time, witness, work, worship
For 34 years Bill and I made special arrangements, at significant cost and entailing a lot of time to be with our AU Tigers and other fan-friends tailgating in sunshine and rain on Saturdays week after week…..My Daddy used to say that we spent our Saturdays with...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 27, 2025 | Ministry, preparation, Priests, work
I’ve had the opportunity recently to think more about a Christian’s responsibility in retirement. The scripture below-from Numbers 8:23-26- is the only direct reference to retirement in Scripture. Jesus, however, spoke indirectly about priorities without regard to age...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 24, 2025 | counseling, forgiveness, Uncategorized
After pondering overnight on our conversation, I felt like I need to add a key component of how our enemy gains access to our spirit, mind, heart and physical body. One of the entryways he has is through the path of unforgiveness that we harbor. Much of the work of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 23, 2025 | giving, love
There are occasions when small personal sacrifices are required by God to teach us what God’s agape love truly is….. Love has been described as “Investing materially in one’s neighbor…” That may include separation from some of one’s resources, effort, treasures, and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 23, 2025 | Assurance of salvation, Calvinism, Grace
Part of text conversations I had with a friend Me: (Sharing a reflection from another friend today.) “If your sins hang over your head, this message is for you. Micah 7:18-19, emphasizes God‘s complete and total forgiveness. It reads, “Who is a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 23, 2025 | desiring God, Faith, spiritual growth, Teaching
Just pondering Judeo- Christian faith, internecine conflicts, spiritual conflict resolution, and peacemaking in Christ. …. Jews living in the “truth”, i.,e., the “Word” (defined by the OT available at the time of Christ) live Judaism in the literal, physical, ethnic...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
I’m in a small group of women who have been engaged in a summer of encouragement devotional reading. It has included a very good couple of weeks of daily readings on Gideon. As I was reflecting on Gideon this is something that I recognized from his story and many...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 21, 2025 | Cultural Issues, Faith, Friendship, Uncategorized
Unless you’re going to read to the end, skip this post. The following is a surprising post I saw 7/20/25: 7/20/25 CBB Immigration law and activities continue to stay in every news report. You can’t seem to avoid the controversy. Wow! Just today I saw this post above....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 21, 2025 | affirmation, desires, Prayer
in a prayer workshop in February 2024 we were given a visioning prayer assignment in response to the way in which we felt God guiding us after the workshop. We were told to make a list of 3-4 obstacles and 3-4 opportunities arising from our sense of God’s leading. I...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 20, 2025 | Luke 10:38-42, Scripture Studies, Teaching
The sermon at my church today focused on the difference between hospitality and discipleship from Luke 10:38-42, about the actions of Martha and Mary during a visit by Jesus… take-aways I noted: 1.) Jesus was invited to dinner in their home. 2.) Martha sought to...
