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Monday Memories: Living with Patience

Posted on March 24, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From James 5:11: “Indeed we call blessed those who showed endurance. You have heard of the endurance of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

Totally unexpected, overwhelming

Lingering cracks appearing along life’s road

Tripping, stumbling, and finally crashing down

Shattering confidence, from life’s heavy load

Floundering, drowning . . . caught in river’s rapids

Endlessly swimming, lost at pool’s deepest end

Feet never finding firm ground, dour fear arrives

Replacing life’s daylight with night at each bend

Life’s turbulence teaches us lasting patience

With the Lord, with ourselves, and with life’s curve balls

Fumbling life’s slippery game ball once again

God’s love sends patience after every fall

Endurance of Job, life’s journey shall require

Living with patience, frees us from each briar

From Galatians 5:22-25: “By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.”

Originally published October, 2020.

Faithful Obedience

Posted on March 23, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Acts 5:29: “But Peter and the apostles answered, ‘We must obey God rather than any human authority.'”

Energized through God’s Word

Timeless blessings of grace

Called to journey in faith

Savior’s peace to embrace

Enter body of Christ

Spirit shall never rest

From sunrise to sunrise

Faith overcomes each test

Faithful obedience

Accepting divine will

Glory to God above

Mercy flowing downhill

Faith trusts with confidence

Tomorrow shall brighten

Christ walks ahead of thee

Life’s burdens, He lightens

God’s gift of repentance

Kneel at Calvary’s tree

Forgiveness from above

Savior’s blood sets us free

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From Romans 6:4: “Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.”

Scripture’s Conversation (Elfchen Series #244)

Posted on March 21, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Renewer

Faithfulness

In teaching

God’s Word deepens

Each fiber of understanding

Uplifted

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Cultivator

Righteousness

In teaching

God’s Word nourishes

Grace fills another heart

Trusted

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Pathfinder

Truthfulness

In teaching

God’s Word guides

Faith’s very next step

Witnessed

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Love Comes Alongside

Posted on March 20, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

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In tomorrow’s shadows

Worry waits to jump out

Disappointment crashes in

Filling waves with doubt

Aspirations seem dashed

Sunrise seemingly locked

Yesterday not forgotten

Seeing future blocked

Breath of sorrow surrounds

Hope seen flowing away

Another storm standing tall

Searching through its gray

Dreams no longer brightened

Today’s voyage postponed

Been at this moment before

Feeling self disowned

Freedom shares patient heart

Journey no longer drowned

Faithful love comes alongside

Sailing homeward-bound

Redemption’s Seed

Posted on March 19, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Genesis 15:5-6: “He brought him [Abram] outside and said, ‘Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them.’ Then He said to him, ‘So shall your descendants be.’ And he believed the Lord, and the Lord reckoned it to him as righteousness.”

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Faith’s wilderness journey

Trusting Father above

His righteousness shineth

Doubts transfigured with love

Aimless breath transitions

Believing without fear

Promised Father’s actions

Salvation coming near

Faith’s encouraging steps

Absorbing Father’s voice

Comfort’s forgiving tone

Witness light’s blessed choice

Hope’s unshakable rock

Following Spirit’s lead

Connects with Father’s grace

Planted redemption’s seed

Faith’s confidence matures

Harvesting Father’s peace

Awakened from darkness

Savior’s risen new lease

From Psalm 27:1: “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”

Fountain of Life (Haiku Series #320)

Posted on March 18, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Cherished

Tender memories

Child’s early steps remembered—

Milestones filled with love

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Determined

Young boy clearing path

Throwing shoveled snow behind—

Never looking back

Loved

Coming dearest wife

Arriving in a jiffy—

Lifetime partnership

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Monday Memories: Beyond Compare

Posted on March 17, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From the words of English novelist and poet, Mary Webb: “Nature’s music is never over; her silences are pauses, not conclusions.”

Creation’s wonders, lasting treasures

Beyond compare, by any measure

God’s unique Spirit molds, creates

Earth living as His domain, first-rate

Forests dazzle with matchless beauty

Witness to our Lord’s sacred duty

Animal species roam, some quite rare

Others appear to be everywhere

Distinctive flowers color the land

Their music soothes, like any jazz band

Unequaled majesty reaching high

Rugged mountains climbing to the sky

Creatures with their eccentric pursuits

Actions showing off, fun attributes

Man taking note of what God has done

High praises, He stands second to One

One and only one master designs

Each day, smiling at His nature shrines

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From Genesis 1:29-30: “God said, ‘See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.’ And it was so.”

Originally published October, 2020.

Well of Grace

Posted on March 16, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Colossians 3:1-2: “So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth.”

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Experiencing God’s grace

Feeling His generous love

Tasting heavenly goodness

New life found in Christ above

Renewing spirit of grace

Casting aside former ways

Escaping darkest trials

Christ’s sunrise erases gray

Drinking from God’s well of grace

Reading His Word, laced with hope

Sharing His righteous message

Faith matures, viewed through Christ’s scope

Embracing truth in God’s grace

Nourishing faith, now rejoice

Sustaining joy with each step

Christ’s glory in risen voice

Harvesting gifts from God’s grace

Setting mind on peace above

Filling heart with blessed hymns

Harmony flows from Christ’s love

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From Colossians 3:15: “And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.”

Everlasting (Elfchen Series #243)

Posted on March 14, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Faith

Patience

Rejoice always

Embracing each moment

Trust in God’s promises

Answering

Always

Courage

Faithfulness leading

Mercy opens door

God’s refuge of light

Unflinching

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Presence

Grace

Deepest love

Acceptance with humbleness

God’s passion for life

Forgiving

This series of poems (written in the German-inspired style of Elfchen or Elevenie) shares a total of eleven words in each poem, with a sequence by line of one, two, three, four, and one words.

Sun’s Rising Reset

Posted on March 13, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Early morning light

Missing in action

Shrouded in darkness

Each tiny fraction

Heavens open up

Twinkling Milky Way

Lighted gateway beams

Eagerness to play

Midnight comes calling

Harvesting full moon

Nestled with intrigue

Dish capturing Spoon

Gentle breeze waking

Stirring quiet chimes

Composed every night

Harmony’s crisp rhymes

Horizon still sleeps

Casting morning’s net

Awakened at dawn

Sun’s rising reset

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Renewer

Cultivator

Pathfinder

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Cherished

Determined

Loved

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Faith

Always

Presence

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