Monthly Archives: October 2014

Elaine’s Place

• Discerning God's Voice
   "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.]Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest (relief and ease and […]
• Encourage Yourself in the Lord
    I am praying in faith every time I ask God for something, and then thank Him for granting my request! I continue to ask with thanksgiving, standing on the Word of God—His promises of healing, provision, restored relationships, etc. See it as done through the eye of faith. Imagine it done, and praise and […]
• My Journey to becoming A Published Author
  We lived on Yorkshire Lane in Manassas, VA, and the year was 1991. One day I went to Yorkshire Market to get some groceries, and as I exited my car, I noticed a father and son near the entrance of the store. I was appalled as I saw (and heard) the father hit his son […]
• Our Constitution
  It is amazing to me that in one hand I can hold such a weighty document as the Constitution of the United States -- not hundreds or even thousands of pages, as some documents of law today. The small booklet, available from The Heritage Foundation, consists of only forty-some pages, is 3 1/2" wide and […]
• Matters of the Heart
  “What’s happening in this country today is beyond anything we’ve ever seen in American politics. Political debate, at the very heart of the founding of this country, has developed into outright political abuse.” ~ Judge Jeanine PirroOne’s mind reels to hear of Congressional leaders calling for riots and relentless attacks and harassment against people who […]
• God is Good; the Devil is Bad
  “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning” (James 1:17).  God is so very good; He can’t be any other way. Some have erroneously attributed sickness, disease, tragedy, storms, trouble, death, to God, saying that […]
• The Dominion of Blessing
  Few things are more painful to the human heart than strained or severed relationships. Because we love deeply, we can also hurt deeply, and it is especially so in a Christian family unit. I recently read two books that have powerfully changed my prayer life and my view of people: The Grace Outpouring by Roy […]
• Be Still
  Radio and TV stations are filled with so many voices that clamor for our attention. Riots, terrorism, sex trafficking, drug trade, political intrigue, snarky behavior, betrayal, obstruction of truth, violence,  and injustice, threaten to overwhelm our nation and the world. Satan's gripping tentacles of moral decay seem to have made inroads everywhere -- in the […]
• A Family Restored
  Night and day among the tombs and on the mountainsides, the tormented man shrieked and screamed and cut himself with stones. (Thought: stones can represent the Law.) Jesus came and gave him grace. "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!" Jesus commanded of the unclean spirit residing in the pitiful man who made his […]
• Mothers and Mental Sound Tracks
  I share the following free verse poem I wrote in 1994 during a time of personal struggle as a mother of teenagers; may God use it to encourage you.I hate the factThat I feel the needTo be assuredAbout my child's spiritual health.I play fears from the sound trackOf my mind,Painting images thereThat would like to […]