by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 1, 2022 | Suffering, Wisdom
People living in a delusion, a deception, need Reality Therapy. And once eyes can see, ears can hear and minds can grasp the desperate condition of their spirit, if they are open to the truth of the reality in which they find themselves we can trust that God will lead...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 31, 2022 | love, neighbors
Sow LOVE AS DEFINED BY CHRIST, Reap The KINGDOM OF GOD in the earth. In Matthew 22 Jesus gives a concise summary of the Old Testament Law and Prophets in response to the cagey goading of the Pharisees: 34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 30, 2022 | storms, Uncategorized
Three years ago H. Dorian was targeting the east coast of Florida…. Three years later now and the topic of the day for me then and now was storms and storm survival and preparedness…. Reporting on Dorian in 2019 …. “Someone on national media...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 30, 2022 | community
Three years ago today….. “A little active grandparenting mode for us this week with three teens in the house overnight for three nights and keeping a toddler for two days to help out former students/spiritual children……. transporting to school,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 30, 2022 | giving
From time to time a church needs to revisit benevolence practices, review policies, and update guidelines. Over the last three years requests for assistance to church congregations have increased…… the result of post-hurricane higher power bills, COVID...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 27, 2022 | disappointment, experiences
It seems to me that a lot of one’s issues with disappointment or unhappiness are the direct result of her own expectations. If we expect life to be perfect and easy, then we are going to be disappointed, hurt, angry, and unhappy regularly. If we expect life to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 27, 2022 | Prayer
Gracious Lord, bless those whom I love, those who love me, those who love those whom I love and those who are loved by those I love……and especially bless those who feel unloved and those who have not known the truth of the extravagant love you have for us...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 26, 2022 | recovery
If you let go a little you will have a little happiness. If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free. —Ajahn Chah Funny how we often don’t realize the weight of something we are grasping until we let it...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 26, 2022 | change
August 26, 2015 “…..generally functioning pretty well, has some meaningful interpersonal relationships. ….” That’s a good start to recovery, I’d say, for some people whose lives have been wrecked by drugs, bad decisions, poor...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 26, 2022 | Power
August 26,2016 An insight and morning meditation shared with me by a friend….. “An individual observed that God “invites” us to pray. It’s not a command. When one thinks of the word invite, it is often in a positive sense whereas the word...
