by Elaine Olsen | Oct 5, 2011 | faith, God's voice, living God's truth, pilgrimage
Movement wins. So whispered the Holy Spirit to my heart while I was out walking a couple of days ago. His strong encouragement came to me as I struggled to complete my customary three miles of moderate walking. In the last nine months, I suppose I’ve logged in nearly...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 21, 2011 | living God's truth, pilgrimage, trust
“Then a voice said to him, ‘What are you doing here, Elijah?’ He replied, ‘I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, broken down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left,...
by Elaine Olsen | Jun 1, 2011 | cancer, pain, pilgrimage, words
Funny how life seems to be laughing at me sometimes. Trust me when I tell you the hilarity is a one-sided affair. I don’t find anything remotely amusing about the predicament I’m in—a responsibility given to me months ago and one I willingly embraced when called upon....
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 22, 2011 | Easter, grace, knowing God, living God's truth, pilgrimage
Nighttime desperations… Inclinations of the mind, heart, and soul that bend in the opposite direction of God’s peace as darkness begins its descent upon a day’s worth of doing. Hidden agendas that bury beneath the brilliancy of the sun’s witness but that overtly and...
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 17, 2011 | friendship, peace for the journey, pilgrimage
It’s becoming increasingly difficult for me to visit this place. Why? Because with each visit I make, it’s becoming more difficult for me to leave. From the moment I arrive within its boundaries, a gnawing ache begins its witness within my heart for my impending...
by Elaine Olsen | Jan 26, 2011 | cancer, out of the mouths of babes, parenting, pilgrimage
“‘You know the way to the place where I am going.’ Thomas said to him, ‘Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?’ Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’” {John 14:4-6} ...
