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 | May 26, 2010 | a quick word, book release, God's voice, grace, living God's truth, rest, trust
“You hold the flowers, Elaine, I’ll handle the suitcase.”This is what God wants me to know this day, nearly a year after he impressed it into my soul. It was the statement that led to this…Most everything about the front cover of my book was intentionally planned.The...
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 25, 2010 | authenticity, brokenness, calling, conviction, faith, Gail, grace, living God's truth, the least of these
Jesus replied, “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ But they all alike began to make excuses.… Then the master told...
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 5, 2010 | Easter, family fun, grace, living God's truth
The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ So give the order for the tomb to be made secure...
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 1, 2010 | conviction, Easter, evil, grace, suffering, trust
Would that I could escape the sin of this world. I would, but I can’t. It surrounds me, invites me, terrorizes me, and reminds me of everything that is wrong about this world. Read about it in the headlines, see it on the television, hear it in the Wal-Mart, wherever...
by Elaine Olsen | Mar 10, 2010 | a quick word, grace, knowing God, trust
They kept asking, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t understand what he is saying.” Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him about this, so he said to them, “Are you asking one another what I meant when I said ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and...
