Shawnelle Eliasen, Author at Guideposts

Gratitude in Small Places

A mother celebrates small moments, the joy of sitting with her young sons in the family driveway, drawing with chalk. “When gratitude swells,” she says, “my worries shrink.”

Our spiritual gifts are given to us by God.

Using Our Spiritual Gifts to Help Others

By Shawnelle Eliasen2 min read

Isn’t this how we grow? By stretching? By pressing a little hard? By leaning into our talents and abilities and gifts and stepping forward into who we were made to be?

When We Want God’s Attention

By Shawnelle Eliasen2 min read

Isn’t it a precious thing that the Lord, our Father in heaven, recognizes our need to be noticed and meets us with unending, unchanging, unblemished love?

Jesus is a ray of light in a hurting world.

Hope for a Hurting World

By Shawnelle Eliasen2 min read

When darkness reaches into the world, like the tragic shootings in Charleston, South Carolina, Jesus can bring forth new life and light.

If you're waking up to a stress-filled day, praise God first thing!

If you’re waking up to a stress-filled day, try thinking about these lines from Shawnelle Eliasen: Lord, thank you for this morning. Thank you for the things You’ll do today. Thank you for going with me–wherever I go. You are kind, compassionate, and in control.

God's love for us is deep, pure, unconditional.

God’s Pure Love

By Shawnelle Eliasen3 min read

I love my children with all that I have. All that I am. But I have a human spirit. It’s tainted and flawed and is limited by human capacity. But God’s love? It’s pure. Unblemished. Infinite.

The Weight of Fear

By Shawnelle Eliasen2 min read

God is greater. Greater than any circumstance. Greater than any fear.

God’s Gift of Grace

By Shawnelle Eliasen2 min read

His gift of grace is one that I receive with a wide-open spirit. It’s a gift I receive with the humility of need. And the amount of grace? It’s been measured. And it’s sufficient. It’s more-than-enough.

Who I Am in Christ

By Shawnelle Eliasen3 min read

God’s love and Jesus’ sacrifice change everything, and I want to live in alignment with who I am in Christ.

A daughter celebrates her father's appreciation of God's blessings on Father's Day

My Father’s Richest Blessing

By Shawnelle Eliasen3 min read

As Father’s Day approaches, one daughter remembers how her father taught her one of life’s most important lessons–how to see the blessings of God all around her.