Look up to the Almighty who is never cast down or discouraged!
ENCOURAGEMENT acrostic from the Psalms by Noreen Roth

ENCOURAGEMENT acrostic from the Psalms by Noreen Roth

My Mom does jigsaw puzzles and word search puzzles. Occasionally, she also makes up her own acrostics. Recently she made up a Bible verse acrostic using the word encouragement. I think you may find it encouraging and uplifting, so here you are. May it lift your focus heavenward to the Almighty who is never cast down or discouraged. Continue reading →

Where to find mercy and one thing to do with it

A request for mercy from the Merciful One who has ample, abundant mercy:

I intreated thy favour with my whole heart:
be merciful unto me according to thy word.

The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy:
teach me thy statutes.

(Psalm 119:58,64)

I take the closing of verse 64 like this:

“You who are so merciful and have shown me mercy,
teach me Your truths and ways…
and so shall I be very merciful also.”

So, yes. I need mercy — lots of it all the time — for me personally. Continue reading →