by Elaine Olsen | Apr 23, 2012 | cancer, cancer volume 4, living God's truth, pilgrimage, strength, suffering, surrender, wholeness
Being a survivor isn’t about defeating the cancer. Being a survivor is about defeating the silence. That’s what I told a group of cancer survivors last Sunday night at a Relay for Life banquet. It’s what I’ve come to believe. To survive cancer is to survive the...
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 16, 2012 | christian perfection, church life, faith, knowing God, living God's truth, obedience, surrender, trust
Loose ends. Frayed threads. Separated strands of life dangling mid-air. Waiting. Hoping. Praying that somehow, some way they might be found by Master Weaver. Touched by the Master Weaver. Worked into a portrait of grace by the Master Weaver. Some day by the Master...
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 13, 2012 | conviction, freedom, living God's truth, pilgrimage
“The land you are entering to take over is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come where you planted your seed and irrigated it by foot as in a vegetable garden. But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and...
by Elaine Olsen | Jan 16, 2012 | church life, faith, family fun, knowing God, living God's truth, worship
“For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.” –Matthew 18:20 Together we worshiped the Lord this morning. Just the three of us. Jesus, her, and me. I’d hoped that others would be there, planned on others being there, but when the big...
by Elaine Olsen | Jan 9, 2012 | cancer, cancer volume 4, living God's truth, parenting, words, writing
I finished reading the book Frindle with Jadon and Amelia last night. It’s been a family favorite since my first reading it to Nick and Colton many years ago. I don’t remember shedding any tears the first go around, but this time was different. Last night, I cried...
by Elaine Olsen | Jan 2, 2012 | anchor verse, living God's truth, New Year's
In honor of the New Year, I’ve selected the following Bible verse(s) to serve as my anchor verse for the next fifty-two weeks: “Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus...
