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 | Jun 12, 2009 | a quick word, friendship, give aways, grace, peace
Over the past couple of weeks God has been ministering to my weary soul with the music of DJ Coles. Most of you aren’t familiar with his work. I wasn’t either until early May when DJ was the guest worship leader at our church’s spring revival. DJ serves as the youth...
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 27, 2009 | church life, faith, grace, living God's truth, out of the mouths of babes, pilgrimage, surrender
“On hearing it, many of his disciples said, ‘This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?’ Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, ‘Does this offend you? What if you see the Son of man ascend to where he was before! The Spirit gives...
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 10, 2009 | Easter, faith, friendship, grace, pilgrimage, trust
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.” (Hebrews...
by Elaine Olsen | Mar 21, 2009 | a quick word, friendship, grace, pilgrimage, sanctity of life, ultimate blog party
I heard there was a party going on in town. Not wanting to miss out on the fun, consider this my official RSVP to the largest blogging party of the year. For those of you who are new to my blog, welcome to peace for the journey. For those of you who are regulars,...
