by Elaine Olsen | Mar 2, 2009 | brokenness, church life, freedom, grace, living God's truth, surrender, trust, video
“But as you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by men but chosen by God, and precious to him—you, also, like living stones are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices to God acceptable to him through Jesus Christ.”...
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 14, 2009 | freedom, grace, living God's truth, night visits, surrender
“About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody’s...
by Elaine Olsen | Jan 26, 2009 | conviction, Easter, grace, living God's truth, surrender
“Then she called, ‘Samson, the Philistines are upon you!’ He awoke from his sleep and thought, ‘I’ll go out as before and shake myself free. But he did not know that the LORD had left him. Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza....
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 27, 2008 | christian perfection, election, living God's truth, surrender
I dedicate this piece to my friend, Melinda at “Traveling the Road Home”, who graciously afforded me the use of this picture from one of her recent trips. It grabbed me the moment I saw it on her blog, and it has taken me a few days to put some words...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 17, 2008 | family fun, Raising Faith, surrender
It’s been a year now since we moved our son into his second floor dorm room at Campbell University. Even tonight, those memories come to me with clarity as if lived only moments ago. Everyone told me it would get better—this pain that kicked me in the gut with the...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 26, 2008 | living God's truth, surrender
“For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.” (2 Chronicles 16:9a). Some days you get the Audience you’re after. Some days you receive the inconceivable light of heaven in a way that allows you...
