by Elaine Olsen | Aug 31, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume I, faith, living God's truth, trust
God is huge… really huge; so huge that it would be impossible for me to shrink him down and cram him into my pint-sized capacity for understanding. Still and yet, there are days when he breaks himself down for me so that my “pint-sized brain” can experience a...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 28, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume I, faith, living God's truth, peace, pilgrimage
“… You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.” (1 Cor. 6:19b-20) I just got in from my run. It felt good… almost sacred. The time is fast coming when I’ll have to put running away for a short season. I can’t imagine myself...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 24, 2010 | cancer, living God's truth, peace, prayer
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Phil. 4:6-7) ...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 3, 2010 | faith, grace, living God's truth, writing
Fantastic life stories. Do you have one? I don’t… at least not when measured by the world’s standards. Let me explain. By fantastic, I don’t necessarily mean grand, glorious, excellent, superb or a dozen or so other synonyms meaning the same. What I mean is more along...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 26, 2010 | friendship, grace, living God's truth, the least of these, words
I asked him to repeat his name to me, not because I didn’t hear him but, rather, because I didn’t think I heard him correctly. Doris. Or Dorrace. That’s what he said. I “googled” it upon returning home; apparently Doris was a popular name for boys in the...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 15, 2010 | christian perfection, conviction, Holy Spirit, knowing God, living God's truth
“But if I say, ‘I will not mention him or speak any more in his name,’ his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.” (Jeremiah 20:9). I wish you could see me this morning… all fussed up in the middle...
