by Elaine Olsen | Jun 3, 2009 | a quick word, friendship, living God's truth, pilgrimage
“I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.” (Psalm 27:12-14). Today has been a day of routine waiting. From the moment my feet hit the floor, it’s...
by Elaine Olsen | Jun 1, 2009 | a quick word marriage
Thank you all for your kind and gracious words of encouragement to me regarding my last post. I’m still in hibernation mode but wanted to take a moment to ask you a frank and bold question (one that I never imagined I would ask on this blog):How goes it in the bedroom...
by Elaine Olsen | May 29, 2009 | a quick word, friendship, rest
I see Christ’s face before me tonight. There is a deep need in me to do so. My world is spinning fast, and my commitments are firm in their insistence. I haven’t slept well for days, and my nerves harbor on the edge of collapse. I am tired, friends. The kind of tired...
by Elaine Olsen | May 26, 2009 | Ruby Tuesdays
“She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.” (Proverbs 31:16). To be honest with you (and what profit would there be to be otherwise?), I don’t think I have it in me tonight to write much of anything, especially worthy words...
by Elaine Olsen | May 24, 2009 | a quick word, faith, family fun, graduation, rest
Good days.I don’t know if we get a quota on them—like one good day a week … a month … a year … until we reach the max, and then we’re done. I know that there have been seasons in my life that seemed to portion out like that. Times when no matter how I turned things,...
