by Elaine Olsen | Oct 28, 2010 | a quick word, cancer, cancer video, creation, living God's truth, video
“Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden;” {Genesis 2:8}”This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” {John 15:8}”But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 24, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume 4, courage, discipleship, faith, God's voice, Holy Spirit, living God's truth, night visits, pilgrimage, trust
I’ve been stuck recently. Hung up on and hunkered down in a thought or two regarding a particular spoken word from Jesus. A promise. One that doesn’t compute with my internal, spiritual compass. One that has always confused me, challenged me, asked me to consider...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 19, 2010 | cancer, cancer video, faith, living God's truth, pilgrimage, video, worship
“When the men of Judah came to the place that overlooks the desert and looked toward the vast army, they saw only dead bodies lying on the ground; no one had escaped.” (2 Chronicles 20:24). My spirit is moved today in a strong direction—a navigational pull that leads...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 8, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume 2, living God's truth
When we first moved here in June, I had it in my heart and mind to lead a new Bible study with the folks at our new church. I didn’t know if it would take… if there would be any interest in their hearts for the same. We have a few takers.In addition, upon our arrival...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 20, 2010 | cancer, discipleship, Holy Spirit, knowing God, living God's truth, pilgrimage
“The purposes of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.” (Proverbs 20:5). A couple of years ago, I attended a women’s conference where I had the privilege of meeting a few of my blogging friends. At that time, I was fairly new to...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 6, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume I, living God's truth
{photo compliments of Shirley} I have a confession to make… an honest, writer’s confession to bring to the table before one thought is brought to you this morning: I have a lot I want to say; I just don’t have the words to say it. They got lost somewhere in the...
