by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 7, 2025 | Prayer, spiritual life, Teaching, Wisdom, witness
I heard a pastor say, somewhat dismissively? how he dislikes hearing people say, “I am with you in spirit!” He said we know that one’s human spirit cannot be in two places at once since to be “absent from the body is to be present with the Lord,” i.e., as in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 23, 2025 | Prayer, Purpose, redemption, social gospel, Spiritual abuse, spiritual battle, spiritual journey, Teaching, timing, witness, Worldview, woundedness, writing
“You were created to be a difference maker, making significant differences in the world. God is the source of your power, abilities, opportunities and even the desire to do good works. Philippians 2:13 states, “For It is God who works in you both to will...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
7/21/23 Notes after recheck at doctor’s office following partial thyroidectomy weeks previously: Strange….. after today’s Wake Up Call devotional and prayer several people and situations came to mind….. more prayer. Then this…… tears...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
From journal 9/22/20..,,, For whom are you praying today? Is there something more God would have you do? Reminded of this: From 9:22/15…… “We’ll be praying for you.” Recently, someone shared with me her disappointment in circumstances after she made known...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 15, 2024 | Comfort, grief
So….., I had been looking for my wedding rings for a week. Not even 30 minutes after posting about my fear that I might not find them (and feeling the sick sense of loss in my gut and praying for God to give me grace to accept their loss, if that was to be the case),...
