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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.

One Lonely Snowflake

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Autumn’s fading peace

Winter’s renewing lease

 

One lonely snowflake

More coming at daybreak

 

Sky fills with more snow

Sunshine, morning’s no-show

 

Snow’s depth keeps growing

Wind wakes up, now blowing

 

Light powder sifting

Definitely drifting

 

Traffic hurries home

Under low-pressure dome

 

Drivers surrender

With each fender bender

 

Life’s pace slowing down

Snowstorm parks, all around

 

Forecast calls for more

Snowplows called out to war

 

Surfing waves of white

Under wintry twilight

 

Empty classrooms sleep

Children shall never weep

 

Nighttime dreams complete

Will tomorrow repeat?

 

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From My Journal (2/1)

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From Big Sky Buckeye

As one season transitions into another, the harmony expressed reminds each of us to discover such rhythm in our own lives.

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 1)

Sammy Davis Jr. Quotes

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Savor the moments that are warm and special and giggly.

You always have two choices:  your commitment versus your fear.

Sammy Davis Jr. (1925-1990) was an American singer, dancer, and actor.

Destiny’s Greatest Love

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From Romans 5:1-2:  “Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God.”

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Observing man’s life without light

Sending grace from heaven to earth

Darkness to be vanquished outright

Harboring Spirit finds its berth

 

Witnessing Savior’s final task

Hanging from deadly, Roman tree

Filled with anguish, mercy unmasks

Taking man’s place, evil now flees

 

Sharing destiny’s greatest love

Bending God’s will upon one Son

Redemption designed from above

Breathing His last, mission now done

 

Seeing heaven’s eternal light

Descending upon empty tomb

Victory over sin takes flight

Overcoming enemy’s doom

 

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From Romans 5:8-9:  “But God proves His love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.  Much more surely, therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, will we be saved through Him from the wrath of God.”

From My Journal (1/31)

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When we truly believe in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, we embrace destiny’s greatest love.

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 January 31)

Oswald Chambers Quote

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Keep your soul fit to manifest the life of the Son of God.  Never live on memories; let the Word of God be always living and active in you.

From 2 Corinthians 4:11:  “For we who are living are always being handed over to death for Jesus’s sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal flesh.”

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.

Heartfelt Reflections (Haiku Series #264)

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Noise

Emotions boiling

Hate-filled rhetoric building—

Where has reason gone?

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Pause

Mankind’s fading peace

Far too many emotions—

Bleeding in silence

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Future

Hope in tomorrow

Listening to each other—

Emotions stand down

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From My Journal (1/30)

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Faith acts as a bulwark against the erosion of one’s emotions.

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 January 30)

William Penn Quotes

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In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest.

No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.

William Penn (1644-1718) was an English writer and religious thinker.  This influential Quaker founded the province of Pennsylvania in the American colonies under British rule.

 

Monday Memories: Failing Once Again

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Failing once again

Life’s troubles bomb away

 

Whom shall I turn to?

 

Failing once again

Darkness moves ever closer

 

Where is the light?

 

Failing once again

Shame swallows me up

 

How can my spirit be restored?

 

Failing once again

Life’s torments engulf me

 

Why . . . why?

 

Failing once again

Loneliness surrounds my heart

 

What recourse do I have?

 

Failing once again

Life’s hour glass, now nearly empty

 

When will I be free?

 

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Failing once again . . .

 

Turning to my Heavenly Father

Never thinking of me as a bother

 

From a Cross, Salvation’s light sheds hope

Pulled up from the Pit by a Holy rope

 

Kneeling before the Savior, sins and all

Humbling following Him will be my call

 

Through a broken body and shed blood

By Grace alone, escaping life’s flash flood

 

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The structure of this poem features dual parts.  In the beginning verses, the reader is taken to a much darker place.  Using themes of sorrow, darkness, and hopelessness presents a challenge to both the reader and the writer.  In answering the questions found in the poem, the ending verses are structured around common Christian themes of hope, joy, light, and rebirth.

Originally published May, 2020.