by Elaine Olsen | Jun 20, 2012 | christian perfection, faith, knowing God, living God's truth, obedience, Scripture, theology, words
It’s been one of those mornings in Bible study—a time of reflection that promotes more questions than answers. A day when I (again) wrote these words in the margin of my current Bible study guide, “Do I really believe this?” Whenever this happens, my contemplation...
by Elaine Olsen | May 22, 2012 | christian perfection, faith, family fun, grace, graduation, parenting, Uncategorized
There’s a boy that I love… a third son whose name means “God has heard.” A tenderhearted grace that arrived in our lives in a season when I thought my womb would remain closed for forever. It’s a long story, really it is. One that I’ve written about at length in...
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 16, 2012 | christian perfection, church life, faith, knowing God, living God's truth, obedience, surrender, trust
Loose ends. Frayed threads. Separated strands of life dangling mid-air. Waiting. Hoping. Praying that somehow, some way they might be found by Master Weaver. Touched by the Master Weaver. Worked into a portrait of grace by the Master Weaver. Some day by the Master...
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 15, 2011 | christian perfection, family fun, grace, parenting
My son came home sobbing yesterday. “I can’t do it again, mom. It’s not fair. I missed one problem on my Math test… one problem, and she’s making me take it all over again. And she said it would be harder … 28 problems instead of 12. I made a 92%, and it wasn’t...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 18, 2011 | authenticity, christian perfection, Holy Spirit, living God's truth, sin
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” (Psalm 139:23-24). Sometimes we don’t have to pray this searching prayer from the psalmist in order for us to know...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 15, 2010 | christian perfection, conviction, Holy Spirit, knowing God, living God's truth
“But if I say, ‘I will not mention him or speak any more in his name,’ his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.” (Jeremiah 20:9). I wish you could see me this morning… all fussed up in the middle...
