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...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 26, 2022 | leadership
From August 26, 2016 I am working on a Bible study on the book of Joshua. In doing so, I am reflecting on the leadership attributes that made Joshua great and successful. The Titus 2 ladies shared a devotional from God’s Little Devotional Book (page 198-199). It is...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 26, 2022 | community, discipleship training, Friendship
If you are not meeting weekly …… with.2 or 3 or a handful of folks together in close, accountable, studious Christian community (single gender) and pondering the principles, proclamations, prohibitions, and promises of God’s Word and how to apply it to...
