by Elaine Olsen | Dec 25, 2008 | Advent, christian perfection, family fun, living God's truth, theology
“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the LORD rises upon you and his glory appears over you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the...
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 12, 2008 | Advent, christian perfection, eternity, friendship, living God's truth
“Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. … Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”...
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 6, 2008 | christian perfection, grace, living God's truth
*Note: update on winners below. I am awake this morning. Earlier than I want to be. I could have used a few extra hours of sleep, but my dreams took a turn for the worse and forced my notice … “You are better than this, Elaine. You don’t have to go...
by Elaine Olsen | Nov 17, 2008 | christian perfection, eternity, living God's truth
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 27, 2008 | christian perfection, election, living God's truth, surrender
I dedicate this piece to my friend, Melinda at “Traveling the Road Home”, who graciously afforded me the use of this picture from one of her recent trips. It grabbed me the moment I saw it on her blog, and it has taken me a few days to put some words...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 15, 2008 | christian perfection, grace, living God's truth
“When Sanballet heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews, and in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria, he said, ‘What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they...
