by Elaine Olsen | May 10, 2012 | conviction, creation, eternity, freedom, knowing God, living God's truth, love, marriage, surrender
The ocean is still free. So I said to myself this past weekend while spending a few days on the shores of the Atlantic. The ocean is still free. Free to roam. Free to breathe. Free to birth. Free to be. Mankind has tried to control it, has sloppily put its...
by Elaine Olsen | Nov 28, 2011 | cancer, cancer volume 4, death, eternity, friendship, grief
Judith made it home to Jesus on Thanksgiving Day. I’ve been living with her absence since then. Four days is hardly enough time to displace my grief. I don’t have a place to put my grief, not really. I can’t send a casserole to the West Coast… can’t stop by the family...
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 11, 2010 | eternity, living God's truth, peace, pilgrimage
“LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.” (Psalm 16:5-6). A good boundary line; a pleasant place. Surely, I could live there....
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 19, 2009 | Easter, eternity, faith, family fun, living God's truth, parenting, pilgrimage, trust
“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.’” (Psalm 91:1-2). I noticed it today while perusing my family Easter photos. My grip on my son’s...
by Elaine Olsen | Jan 6, 2009 | eternity, letting go, living God's truth, pilgrimage
“The LORD said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.’” (Genesis 12:1). God’s people are a people of movement. From the very beginning of an Eden’s expulsion, we’ve been spreading our outward...
by Elaine Olsen | Jan 3, 2009 | eternity, family fun, grace, living God's truth, movies
“For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is...
