by Elaine Olsen | Mar 8, 2011 | breakfast on the beach with Jesus, cancer, cancer volume 3, faith, living God's truth
Do any of you ever go back and read some of your old blog posts? If you’ve been blogging for a season or two or ten, then I imagine you’ve collected a few hundred by now. I don’t often re-visit my own. I’ve printed them off and organized them in three-ring binders...
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 14, 2010 | breakfast on the beach with Jesus, faith, living God's truth, pilgrimage, trust
This morning my heart is heavy. I didn’t sleep much. Heaviness of heart seems to serve as fertile ground for sleeplessness. Such was the case for me last evening. Instead of awakening to the freshness of a new day, today I awoke to my tears and my husband’s arms...
by Elaine Olsen | Mar 12, 2010 | breakfast on the beach with Jesus
“… Then he said to him, ‘Follow me!’” (John 21:19b) Today I finish this series with you, knowing that what God has seeded into my heart over these past few weeks of writing will yield some fruit down the road. I believe him for fruit—trust him with the time I’ve...
by Elaine Olsen | Mar 8, 2010 | breakfast on the beach with Jesus
New day. New week. New beginning to an old life. Who amongst us couldn’t use some new right now? Today, I offer you part five in my series “Breakfast on the Beach with Jesus.” For some of you, a series of this sort isn’t your cup of tea;...
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 26, 2010 | breakfast on the beach with Jesus, discipleship, surrender, trust
“When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it, and some bread. Jesus said to them, ‘Bring some of the fish you have just caught.’” (John 21:9-10). One of the greatest joys we will ever know as believers in Jesus Christ is the moment when...
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 20, 2010 | Bible Study, breakfast on the beach with Jesus, discipleship, God's Questions
“Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord!’ As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, ‘It is the Lord,’ he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water.” {John 21:7} I’m sitting here this early Saturday...
