by Elaine Olsen | Jul 12, 2010 | christian perfection, faith, living God's truth, packing up, pilgrimage, sundays, trust
“Faith moves forward… faith anchors itself in the unseen. Faith doesn’t base its hope in emotion but in the truth.” That was my answer this morning to the question that was raised in Sunday school regarding the definition of faith. I spoke it rather mechanically,...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 1, 2010 | christian perfection, Holy Spirit, knowing God, living God's truth
“God is in her citadels; he has shown himself to be her fortress…. Walk about Zion, go around her, count her towers, consider well her ramparts, view her citadels, that you may tell of them to the next generation. For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be...
by Elaine Olsen | May 29, 2010 | brokenness, christian perfection, conviction, grace, surrender, words, writing
I burned some words yesterday. My words. Three journals worth of words dating back sixteen years to a season in my life that walked wildly and in selfish pursuit of sin. I didn’t call sin, sin back then… didn’t name my thoughts and, consequently, my resulting actions...
by Elaine Olsen | Nov 11, 2009 | christian perfection, faith, trust
“Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt I had to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.” {Jude 3} I ran across it this morning; rather, it ran across me. All over...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 7, 2009 | authenticity, christian perfection, living God's truth, writing
The purest place. The place from which I want to write my words. Greater still, the place from which I want to live my life. To write and live otherwise is hypocrisy. Hypocrite. The word hupokrites meaning “one who acts pretentiously, a counterfeit, one who assumes...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 22, 2009 | christian perfection, discipleship, family fun, living God's truth, parenting
“We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain because you are slow to learn. In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! Anyone who...
