by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 19, 2023 | healing
Dr. Henry Cloud… What happens when we hit bottom…… “When we hit bottom, when we realize that this really is true, we “lose it.” We break. And we cry. This sadness is the letting go of what was an idealized, expected reality, a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 19, 2023 | Teaching
From E.Stanley Jones’ “In Christ.” (With some insertion of my SELF-talk as I read!) “…..we must explore what we mean by “Christ.” I came near saying “we must define,” but to define is to confine, and when we are dealing with the Eternal...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 19, 2023 | family
On this Father’s Day, I think about my own Father, and His Father who died before I was born, my Mother’s Father and some other special men who from time to time God put in my life and used to further flesh out the image of a “Good...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 18, 2023 | God's will, storms
I will NOT quit…….. trusting that God has a plan. I will keep trying everything I can to keep the boat afloat in the storm ….. while we wait for that plan to become clear….. Including jettisoning the ballast, lowering the sails, breaking away...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 17, 2023 | poetry
Journey I was on a journey, in a hurry, Not really sure of the destination, Knowing only that it was somewhere Other than where I’d been. I met and passed many along the way. Finally, one Traveler came alongside. He paced Himself to my stride. He engaged me in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 17, 2023 | culture
June 17,2018 “The media is all up in arms over Trump’s off-the-cuff impromptu interview statement Friday morning about the way Kim’s people sit up and pay attention when he speaks and Trump saying he wants “his people” to do the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 13, 2023 | theology, Trust
…”God’s words to Moses are — ‘I will take pity on whom I take pity and be merciful to whom I am merciful.” God does not owe me any explanations. His actions are based on His complete knowledge of individuals’ hearts, experiences,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 12, 2023 | Teaching
In high school I won an award one year for the highest grades in Algebra. Later some testing done while being considered for a promotion stated I had set a new record of achievement in the company’s testing for abstract thinking and mathematics. All I can say is...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 12, 2023 | Friendship
The movement from servant to friend. John 15:15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends. Up to this point it strikes me Jesus did not look at or consider his disciples as friends. They...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 12, 2023 | family
Family History: (CBB 6/12/2018) Bill and I attended a funeral in MOntgomery today. It was a first cousin of his, Marie Echols, who died last week at 94. Her children gave Bill this picture of his father, William Harry Byrd, who had been her uncle, on the left in his...
