by Elaine Olsen | Aug 12, 2009 | a quick word, living God's truth, worship
(For my friend, Sassy Granny, who has me thinking about worship… thanks for your post.) “Thinking he was the gardener, she said, ‘Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Mary.’ She turned toward...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 10, 2009 | discipleship, family fun, living God's truth, parenting
I laughed this morning, loudly to myself and with little regard to my surroundings. I suppose I needed it; the pressure and chaos in my life have been immense over the past several weeks. In the midst of the busiest season I have ever known, there have been few...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 26, 2009 | living God's truth, words, writing
The next post.This is it … the one following the last one. I sometimes wonder when the next post will be the last post. I’m not there yet, but I sometimes wonder. After 220 posts, is there really anything left to say?A year and a half’s worth of ramblings has...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 24, 2009 | a quick word, living God's truth, parenting
“Show me, O LORD, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life. You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Each man’s life is but a breath.” (Psalm 39:4-5). Two boys at eight-years-old.Two...
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...
