by Elaine Olsen | Feb 19, 2009 | christian perfection, grace, living God's truth, trust
“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. (1 Corinthians 9:24). I didn’t mean to find them. They were hidden there amidst the accolades of my former season: diplomas, caps and gowns,...
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 17, 2009 | a quick word, freedom, friendship, living God's truth, pilgrimage, trust
“You will be a crown of splendor in the LORD’s hand, a royal diadem in the hand of your God. No longer will they call you Deserted, or name your land Desolate. But you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land...
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 14, 2009 | freedom, grace, living God's truth, night visits, surrender
“About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody’s...
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 12, 2009 | friendship, prayer, trust
Update on Beth… The doctors were able to remove a large portion of the tumor growing on one of Beth’s vertebra. Follow up radiation treatment will begin after she’s had a brief period of recovery. She is in a tremendous amount of pain and had a very...
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 10, 2009 | family fun, living God's truth, out of the mouths of babes, parenting
“Therefore I stationed some of the people behind the lowest points of the wall at the exposed places, posting them by families, with their swords, spears and bows. After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people,...
