by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 20, 2022 | family
The graveside service for my Aunt Betty Bryant in Tallahassee today was well attended by family and friends. from Alabama, Georgia, and the North Florida area. The skies were blue and the sun was warm, with a gentle breeze. A canopy of old oaks hung over the site of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 2, 2022 | family, loneliness
Psalm 68 “May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him. 2 May you blow them away like smoke— as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God. 3 But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 12, 2021 | Bible Study, blessing, family
I had pondered why Jesus was born in the line of Judah instead of that of Jacob’s firstborn, Reuben, as might have been expected based on the Jews’ emphasis on the firstborn’s rights. On the surface of it I didn’t see the rationale. I knew in my spirit that the answer...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 16, 2021 | family
God created man first, but God chose to incarnate himself within a woman first…… ……and placed Himself into a family, where God, laying aside His God-only omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence, experienced human love, protection, nurture, and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 24, 2021 | family, memories
Psalm 34:18 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of God….. we enter through the gate of brokenness, needing comfort and in meekness…. Not by our...
