by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 1, 2022 | time
11/1/2014 Proverbs 2:9-15 So now you can pick out what’s true and fair, find all the good trails! Lady Wisdom will be your close friend, and Brother Knowledge your pleasant companion. Good Sense will scout ahead for danger, Insight will keep an eye out for you....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 1, 2022 | story, Titus 2 Partnership
10/20/2016 Titus 2 program director Cathy Byrd received a call today from a representative in Governor Rick Scott’s office advising us that Titus 2 has been nominated for a Florida Champions of Hope Award. The awards are presented to outstanding faith-based...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 31, 2022 | Truth
I often remind our Titus 2 ladies that she who is faithful with little things can be trusted with greater things. From Sarah Westfall…… Liturgy of the Little Things the hunt for meaning and the lure of self-importance (plus: an invitation) Sarah E....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 30, 2022 | communion, community, love
“We were designed for true companionship based on mutual respect, genuine love, and commitment. This requires not only time and selfless devotion but also transparency–which means being real, even about our faults. Taking such a risk requires trust. Such...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 30, 2022 | spiritual life
This is imagery worth considering. When we cross the “continental divide” of our spiritual life we will no longer question or doubt God. We may question or doubt our own strength or honesty before God…. I had gotten this from somewhere recently and the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 28, 2022 | recovery, songs
CBB 10/18/22 Our task in life recovery is multifaceted- spiritual education and growth, character formation, sobriety, life skills education, financial accountability, social recovery, career skill training and development, family reconciliation, community resource...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 28, 2022 | Bible Study, correction, emotions, sanctification
Two Sisters’ Responses and Transformations (Luke 10:32-48, John 12:2-3) Watching Mary: When awareness gives rise to attentiveness, it fosters attunement, rooting a deep attachment, yielding flowering affection breeding mutual abiding amid Holy Spirit aroma and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 27, 2022 | The Church, witness
from October 27, 2017- posts about UMC It is the time of year when many churches set their budgets for the following year and conduct their stewardship campaigns. Among Methodist friends I am hearing more and more people (of the ones who have chosen to remain in local...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 27, 2022 | delight, desires, family, spiritual life
I had written about my experience of having God direct my attention to a beautiful fresh plowed field and hearing Him say, “This is you!” Plowed Fields Many of us have been journeying in an online FB community foreign g a devotional by JD Walt of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 25, 2022 | addiction, self-awareness
“Functional religion is the essence of idolatry whereby people try to get God in their debt. Not only is this false religion but it generates all manner of false gods leading to the flourishing of hypocrisy and the harming of people. “. JD Walt, Wake-Up...
