by Elaine Olsen | Jan 1, 2014 | anchor verse, fellowship with God, God's Word, knowing God, obedience, trust
“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.” –Isaiah 26:3, ESV Kept. This is who I want to be in 2014. This is how I want to live. Kept … in perfect peace—the Father’s pledge to me preceded by my obedience...
by Elaine Olsen | Nov 10, 2013 | faith, family fun, obedience, parenting, pilgrimage
They threw their lanyards on my desk. Safe-keeping I suppose. Mom tucking away treasures for later retrieval, a time when things will be remembered. Events remembered. This remembrance. Pilgrims on pilgrimage. In thinking about this milestone in their journeys of...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 31, 2013 | church life, conviction, God's Word, grace, kingdom, living God's truth, ministry life, obedience
Mercy triumphs over judgment. These were James’s words to the twelve tribes scattered among the nations some 2000 years ago. These are God’s words to me today. More fully … “Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom,...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 23, 2013 | cancer, cancer volume 4, church life, courage, kingdom, ministry life, obedience, silence, words, writing
“Once more a remnant of the house of Judah will take root below and bear fruit above. For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors.” (2 Kings 19:30-31) ~~~~ I attached the purple ribbon to my mailbox as a reminder to myself: A...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 7, 2013 | faith, letting go, living God's truth, obedience, peace for the journey, pilgrimage, surrender, trust
Letting go. We talked about it last night after teeth were brushed and prayers were spoken. Two girls, one barely eleven and the other four times plus her senior. Her tears might as well have been mine. I know this struggle – this letting go kind of dilemma. She’ll be...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 30, 2013 | cancer, cancer volume 4, obedience, prayer
I remember how strange it seemed. Foreign to me. Familiar to others. Prostrate prayers before the Lord, face-down on my red quilt, pointed eastward toward Jerusalem. It was her challenge to us following the Raleigh Living Proof Live event I’d attended. It soon became...
