This may be my busiest Christmas season ever. Because my husband has clients out of town, we’ve been traveling to places like Toronto and Austin for company Christmas parties. Meanwhile, our family is coming in the week before Christmas this year, rather than the week after, so I have been up late wrapping gifts, putting…
Lover As I sit here in a Toronto hotel room, with a wafer-thin layer of snow on the ground, I am praying to be able to adequately describe the warm love of the Father for us. God, the creator of love, did so because He wants to enter into an agape love (the highest express…
Forgiver The tears were streaming down my face and I couldn’t do anything to prevent the steady flow of emotion. I was at a recent church service where our pastor, Robert Morris, was speaking about “The Family of God” and how God is our Father. Morris said God adopts us into a family of “Unconditional…
Healer God can use anyone as a conduit for healing, and I am one of those He occasionally calls on to lay hands on the sick. I have seen the Lord remove cancer, lower blood pressure, heal a damaged vocal cord, repair an ailing foot, smooth out inflamed skin, disintegrate a troublesome nodule and turn…
Builder. My grandfather, Frost Carvel, was an architect who designed thousands of homes in South Texas, many of which are still standing. However, to save client’s money, he also took on the Contractor role and watched over the building process. That meant his job was not finished once the blueprints were created. He traveled to…