Big Sky Buckeye

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Eyes Fixed on Jesus

Posted on February 7, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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.”

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.”

Wintertime Morning (Haiku Series #265)

Posted on February 6, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

Out of Sight

Landscape’s stillness breathes

Each treasure waiting beneath—

Warm, snowy blanket

Clear Sky

Faithful rising sun

Drawn in by its reflections—

Brr . . . it’s cold outside!

Anticipation

Eager sentinels

Giants seem absent of life—

Tree buds wait for spring

Monday Memories: Love Sings Hallelujah

Posted on February 5, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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.

Fresh Beginnings

Posted on February 4, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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.”

Faith’s Transformation (Elfchen Series #188)

Posted on February 2, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

Journey

Witnessing

Empty tomb

Christ conquers death

Good News travels afar

Discipleship

Interaction

Sowing

Gospel’s teachings

Christ always leading

Reaping light’s trusted way

Love

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Growth

Nurturing

Infinite wisdom

Shepherding wayward hearts

Christ’s perfect lesson plans

Life

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.

One Lonely Snowflake

Posted on February 1, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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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?

Destiny’s Greatest Love

Posted on January 31, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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.”

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

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.”

Heartfelt Reflections (Haiku Series #264)

Posted on January 30, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

Noise

Emotions boiling

Hate-filled rhetoric building—

Where has reason gone?

Pause

Mankind’s fading peace

Far too many emotions—

Bleeding in silence

Future

Hope in tomorrow

Listening to each other—

Emotions stand down

Monday Memories: Failing Once Again

Posted on January 29, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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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.

Faith’s Lasting Choice

Posted on January 28, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 111:10: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever.

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Father filled with compassion

Reaching out with love-filled grace

Delivering eternity’s flame

Marked upon Calvary’s faithful place

Every whole heart giving thanks

Following Messiah’s voice

Blessings endure from His righteous deeds

Marked upon trust in faith’s lasting choice

Knowledge shall strengthen weakness

Resurrecting faith’s highway

Receiving mercy from one Savior

Marked upon covenant’s trusted way

Gospel spreads across nations

Moving every man to hear

Bearing Father’s truth to light each day

Marked upon faithful hearts, cross appears

Body and blood paying price

Sparing man from sin’s true cost

Tendering faithful actions of love

Marked upon new life, no longer lost

The chosen hymn to accompany this poem’s message is “Lord of Glory, You Have Bought Us.” The lyrics were crafted by English poet and hymn writer, Eliza S. Alderson (1818-1889). This video is presented by Mary Munson.

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Out of Sight

Clear Sky

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Journey

Interaction

Growth

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Noise

Pause

Future

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