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About bigskybuckeye

Born in the Big Sky Country of Montana and now living in the Buckeye State of Ohio, Richard is the creative mind behind Big Sky Buckeye. Retired after 40 years of teaching, I enjoy writing, photography, traveling, and following a healthy lifestyle.

Eyes Fixed on Jesus

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From Philippians 3:10-11:  “I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the sharing of His sufferings by becoming like Him in His death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.”

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Living in darkness

Flesh from evil lasts

Searching for God’s light

Breaking from sin’s past

 

Walking with Jesus

Loss shall replace gain

Redeeming at cross

Witnessing His pain

 

Wanting to know more

Resurrection’s light

Pressing on in faith

Praising all that’s right

 

Spending time with Him

Eyes fixed on Jesus

Growing in His Word

Liberating us

 

Completing life’s course

Jesus waiting there

Fulfilling mercy

Answering prayers

 

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From Philippians 3:20:  “But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.”

From My Journal (2/7)

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Daily . . . the Resurrection breathes into the sails of our Christian faith as Jesus navigates our way.

Do you write a daily journal?  This inspiring thought comes from my journal, and much of what is written in my journal comes from reading and commenting on other bloggers’ posts.  Thanks to many of you for adding so much to my journal.

(Updated February 7)

Oswald Chambers Quote

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If you want to be of use to God, get rightly related to Jesus Christ and He will make you of use unconsciously every minute you live.

From Mathew 6:33-34:  “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.  So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own.  Today’s trouble is enough for today.”

Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was a Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher.  Following his death from an illness while in Egypt during World War I, his wife took on the task of transcribing the detailed notes she had written from his lectures and sermons.  Gertrude Hobbs Chambers’ efforts resulted in the publication in 1924 of MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST.  I frequently read from this devotional, and it has greatly deepened my faith and understanding of God’s Word.

Wintertime Morning (Haiku Series #265)

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Out of Sight

Landscape’s stillness breathes

Each treasure waiting beneath—

Warm, snowy blanket

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Clear Sky

Faithful rising sun

Drawn in by its reflections—

Brr . . . it’s cold outside!

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Anticipation

Eager sentinels

Giants seem absent of life—

Tree buds wait for spring

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From My Journal (2/6)

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From Big Sky Buckeye

When we value ourselves, others will see it as well.

Do you write a daily journal?  This inspiring thought comes from my journal, and much of what is written in my journal comes from reading and commenting on other bloggers’ posts.  Thanks to many of you for adding so much to my journal.

(Updated February 6)

Kaibara Ekken Quotes

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The aim of learning is the formation of character.

There is a secret key to nurturing your health. This key is an essential secret transmission that any person aiming to take good care of himself must understand and observe.  The secret is in the single word decrease.  Decrease means to reduce all of your ten thousand affairs and avoid increasing them.  Be frugal in everything or, in other words, decrease your desires.

Kaibara Ekken (1630-1714) was a Japanese philosopher and writer.

Monday Memories: Love Sings Hallelujah

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From Genesis 2:24:  “Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.”

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Creating a rainbow, love inspires

Connecting two lives, becoming one

Merging together, feelings inside

Celebrating, we’ve only begun

 

Meeting at life’s crossroads, love brings truth

Confessing before our Lord, now one

Living as a twosome, sharing love

Spending time together, never done

 

Cherishing our love, always special

Sharing our dreams, dwelling between us

Leading us on a life adventure

Capturing a moment, on life’s bus

 

Depending on each other, love bonds

Growing tired of each other, never

Celebrating God’s gifts, shared with us

Changing our minds about us, never

 

Weathering life’s storms, love conquers all

Singing Hallelujah, love declares

Leaning on each other, love endures

Treasuring us, God’s love truly cares

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From 1 Corinthians 13:4-7:  “Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude.  It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable; it keeps no record of wrongs; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth.  It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”

Originally published April, 2020.

From My Journal (2/5)

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Love will find a patient and forgiving way to overcome any of life’s imperfections.

Do you write a daily journal?  This inspiring thought comes from my journal, and much of what is written in my journal comes from reading and commenting on other bloggers’ posts.  Thanks to many of you for adding so much to my journal.

(Updated February 5)

Phillips Brooks Quote

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Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.

From Deuteronomy 6:5:  “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.”

Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) was an American pastor and Christian author.  He was remembered for his charismatic preaching as well as writing the lyrics of the beloved Christmas hymn, “O Little Town of Bethlehem.”

Fresh Beginnings

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From Psalm 51:10-12:  “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.  Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your holy spirit from me.  Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit.”

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Just as farmers plant

Placing faithful trust

God’s mercy shall grant

From earth’s blessed crust

 

Mankind’s wayward thoughts

Filling sinful acts

Tender grace be caught

Truthfulness unpacked

 

Steadfast Spirit stirs

Creating clean heart

Joyfulness unblurred

Fresh beginnings start

 

God’s love envisions

Taking in His peace

Hope’s assured vision

Life’s renewing lease

 

Old ways put away

Hanging from Lord’s cross

Bridge lighted each day

Faith brings us across

 

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From Ephesians 4:21-24:  “ For surely you have heard about Him and were taught in Him, as truth is in Jesus, to put away your former way of life, your old self, corrupt and deluded by its lusts, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.”