by Elaine Olsen | Sep 16, 2009 | faith, friendship, living God's truth, trust
“Tell Archippus, ‘See to it that you complete the work you have received in the Lord.’” (Colossians 4:17). Last evening, I rushed home from our Bible study launch of Priscilla Shirer’s “one in a million” to participate in an on-line conference hosted by A Women...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 1, 2009 | faith, Holy Spirit, living God's truth, night visits, pilgrimage, prayer, trust
“One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was. Then the LORD called Samuel.” (1 Samuel...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 17, 2009 | faith, letting go, parenting, pilgrimage, trust
“So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will happen just as he told me. Nevertheless, we must run aground on some island.” (Acts 27:25-26). One of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever received came from a counselor during a time of great personal...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 22, 2009 | brokenness, calling, conviction, faith, freedom, Gail, grace, living God's truth, the least of these
“Pray that God restores a place in me…” That was her request. It haunts me now, some seven hours down the road. She spoke it from a place of absolute brokenness and ample isolation. She also asked me to pray that the devil would stop doing bad things to her … that God...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 18, 2009 | desert dwelling, faith, grace, living God's truth, trust
“See to it that no one misses the grace of God…” (Hebrews 12:15). This morning, Spurgeon has me thinking about the Israelites’ tribal progression through the wilderness and how this relates to my own progression through mine. I’m pretty sure I have some...
by Elaine Olsen | May 24, 2009 | a quick word, faith, family fun, graduation, rest
Good days.I don’t know if we get a quota on them—like one good day a week … a month … a year … until we reach the max, and then we’re done. I know that there have been seasons in my life that seemed to portion out like that. Times when no matter how I turned things,...
