by Elaine Olsen | Jun 24, 2008 | friendship, grace, living God's truth
She Speaks, 2008“But Jesus immediately said to them, ‘Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.’ ‘Lord, if it’s you,’ Peter replied, ‘tell me to come to you on the water.’‘Come,’ he said.Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward...
by Elaine Olsen | Jun 16, 2008 | grace, parenting, Raising Faith
For Mom & Dad…thank you for raising “Faith Elaine” and for raising the faith of my heart. I love you. “‘He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything. When he came to his senses, he said, “How...
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 21, 2008 | friendship, Genesis 18, grace
“Abraham and Sarah were already old and well advanced in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing…”. (Genesis 18:11). …flawed perspective …better perspective I challenged them this morning to examine Abraham and Sarah’s “old.” To think...
by Elaine Olsen | Mar 31, 2008 | grace, marriage
July 19, 1997 “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other...