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A Bible acrostic by Noreen Roth, showing God's faithful promises

Mom made up another Bible acrostic this past week. Getting them every few weeks via text is one of the happy things that happen to me. Thank you, Mom!

This acrostic has a Bible reference below the title. This is the verse:

“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it” (1 Corinthians 10:13).

And here is the acrostic: Continue reading →

He has everything under control! I rest in that.

Our Sovereign God -- a Bible acrostic by Noreen Roth

This is the third acrostic by my Mom which I’ve featured here. As our well-shaken 2020 hastens to its end (taking time with it), may this lift your focus heavenward to the Almighty who never loses control and whose purposes will be perfectly accomplished. May you find peace, rest, hope, and reassurance in Him.

After the acrostic Mom did on encouragement, I sent her a text with an idea for her next one: the sovereignty of God.

For us all, this year has been an amazing, disconcerting, troubling, troubled year on a variety of fronts. (After I post this, I’ll publish a separate article on this at my Ain’t Complicated blog. Link after Mom’s acrostic.)

We could say things have really spun out of control. In fact, when I started this post a week ago today, a first cousin of mine had been in a California hospital over a week already — in ICU in very critical condition and on a ventilator. Yes, covid. He’s no longer there. I believe he’s in Heaven.

Praise Almighty God, though, He has everything under control! I rest in that.

Now, here’s Mom’s acrostic about God and His doings: Continue reading →