by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
(from 9/21/23) Isaiah 42:3 A bruised reed he will not break,and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.In faithfulness he will bring forth justice; In 1997, someone handed me a small piece of paper with the first part of this verse: “A bruised reed he will not...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
Encouragement. C.S.Lewis said, “God’s highest agenda is not your immediate happiness. He is much more committed to your eternal joy, your spiritual growth and the condition of your heart. Trust Him even when you can’t feel Him. Believe in Him even...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
9/12/24 6/24/16…… I journaled:“The Lord is gracious and kind, ever encouraging and comforting. I am so blessed to know and be known by Christ, to have godly friends and a husband who fears and worships the Lord, loves me, and is a co-worker in ministry. I am in the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
For 17 years I have managed 24/7 residential recovery programs for women, as well as teaching the Word, providing counseling and case management, discipling and mentoring in multiple settings. Titus 2 has wound down the residential component over the last two years,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
Some people don’t want to be loved….they want to be worshipped. Since the risk of idolatry is something that God requires be rooted out of one’s life regularly, those who demand to be held in that kind of selfish high regard may find themselves being...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
I watched a Louie Giglio sermon and he referenced several times “slipping into the flesh” due to giving into thoughts or old behavior habits…. It’s a day by day effort, even moment by moment. I have used this graphic for years in an attempt to help students understand...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
Joy does not arrive with a fanfare,on a red carpet strewn with the flowers of a perfect life. Joy sneaks in, as you pour a cup of coffee,watching the sun hit your favourite tree, just right. And you usher joy away,because you are not ready for it.Your house is not as...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
This is a photo from today’s date, Sept 5, two years ago in 2022 of our great grandson being read to by his father. My granddaughter sent it out on our family text group back then. She said Lewis (15 months old at that time) loves to have the same book read to him...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
I saw this post today on social media “Memories”…. (From 8/31/2012 CBB) “We have a little one-eyed kitty we adopted in January of this year named Minnie. She got an injury to the cornea of her good eye and has been at the veterinarian now for a week in an attempt to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
(8/31/2017 CBB) Two headlines today: “Obama says sex education for kindergarteners is ‘right thing to do’ ” and “Two women gang-raped by 10-12 juveniles”. This is what happens when a society cultivates an appetite by sexualizing our...
