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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.

Mark Twain Quotes

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Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?

Training is everything.  The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

Samuel Clemens (1835-1910), better know by his pen name of Mark Twain, is often recognized as one of America’s greatest humorists.  Novelist and writer William Faulkner called him the “father of American literature.”  While he was in California in 1865, his literary skills struck gold with the story of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.”

Faith and Prayer (Elfchen Series #143)

All Welcome

Trusting

God opens

Faith journey’s door

Quiet conversation fills hope

Prayer

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Stand as One

Embracing

Love overcomes

Uniting divided world

Grace softens another heart

Prayer

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Our Father in Heaven

Sustaining

Faithful relationship

With Lord above

Hallowed be thy name

Prayer

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From My Journal (3/10)

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From Big Sky Buckeye

Prayer remains God’s ultimate weapon to be used against evil’s darkness.  It continues to connect our faith with His 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 March 10)

Dorothy Bernard Quote

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Courage is fear that has said its prayers.

From Matthew 14:27:  “But immediately Jesus spoke to them and said, ‘Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid.'”

Dorothy Bernard (1890-1955) was an American actress during Hollywood’s silent film era.

Turning Life’s Page

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Living on hidden island

Searching through another day

Overwhelming heartache

Waiting, filled with emptiness

 

Whispering thoughts, every night

Hearing silence once again

Tears drowning in sorrow

Waiting for new direction

 

Making one more decision

Holding torch, ready to light

Prepared to burn last bridge

Waiting to strike final match

 

Listening again, a voice

Growing stronger each minute

Conscience stirs from abyss

Waiting, no longer needed

 

Turning life’s page, new chapter

Leaving island at long last

Light leads to happiness

Revealing brilliant sunrise

 

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From My Journal (3/9)

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From Big Sky Buckeye

Sometimes life’s best medicine is found in laughter.

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 March 9)

Jimmy Buffet Quotes

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It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.

Breathe in, breathe out, move on.

Jimmy Buffet (born 1946) is an American singer and songwriter.  He has also written three number-one bestsellers.

In Father’s Glory

From Psalm 121:1-2:  “I lift up my eyes to the hills—from where will my help come?  My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.”

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Echoing message of love

From whom will lasting hope thrive?

Looking to Father’s insight

His grace through faith comes alive

 

Awaking every morning

Eyes look to heavens above

Witnessing Father’s goodness

Filled with everlasting love

 

Carving out another day

Safe in Father’s guiding hands

Following His righteousness

Watchman over distant lands

 

Walking with our Creator

In Father’s glory, each time

Scaling mountainous darkness

Mercy’s light fills every climb

 

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From Psalm 121:7-8:  “The Lord will keep you from all evil; He will keep your life.  The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore.”

From My Journal (3/8)

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From Big Sky Buckeye

Praise God!  His eternal goodness shall never run dry.  Drink from His Living Water and thirst no more.

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 March 8)

Charles Stanley Quote

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Maturity and freedom come when believers completely surrender to God and rely on His strength.

From Hebrews 5:12-14:  “For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic elements of the oracles of God.  You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is unskilled in the word of righteousness.  But solid food is for the mature, for those whose faculties have been trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.”