Good morning! (ugh, it’s probably afternoon)

Psalm 119 is an amazing, wonderful, epic prayer. Of the many topics the 176 cover, it’s most often a prayer to stay close to God, walk humbly in His ways and asking God to stay close. There’s repentance, confession, personal and corporate intercession, even some prayer for enemies to be vanquished. 

In Psalm 118, if I might digress a moment, is a passage that I have been praying daily for Israel.

All the nations surround me;

   in the name of the LORD I cut them off!

They surrounded me on every side;

   In the name of the LORD, I cut them off!

They surrounded me like bees; they went out like a fire among thorns;

   In the name of the LORD I cut them off!

I was pushed so hard that I was falling, but the LORD helped me (Psalm 118-10-13, ESV)

Back to Psalm 119, it is an acrostic piece, which means that the first letter of each verse corresponds with a letter of the alphabet. There are 22 sections, each beginning with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. I think I have decided that my favorite passage is from verses 33-40. Yesterday, I was attempting some stamping art, using a technique called stamping off. You load your stamp with ink, then stamp once on a piece of scrap paper before stamping on your project. I have a naturally heavy hand, so I think I need to practice this a bit more! I also used my blending daubers on one to bring just a bit of color. Here are my efforts so far:

I’ll be making a few more, hopefully with less “typos”!! hahaha