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Gipsy Smith Quote

Posted on September 22, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

There’s no sight like seeing the light from Calvary kiss a human face as it fills the heart with the assurance of Divine forgiveness.

From Hebrews 6:10-12: “For God is not unjust; He will not overlook your work and the love that you showed for His sake in serving the saints, as you still do. And we want each one of you to show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope to the very end, so that you may not become sluggish but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”

Rodney “Gipsy” Smith (1860-1947) was a British evangelist who conducted campaigns in both his native land and the United States for over 70 years.

All in with Jesus (Elfchen Series #167)

Posted on September 8, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

Elevating

Christ

Risen indeed!

Transforming faith’s cornerstone

Grace breathes with purpose

Justification

Transcending

Christ

Conquering death

Taking sin’s place

Calvary’s now empty tomb

Redemption

Following

Christ

Faithful shepherd

Hearing Savior’s voice

Wayward sheep now found

Assurance

Salvation’s True Hymn

Posted on September 6, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From Romans 3:21-22: “But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been disclosed and is attested by the Law and the Prophets, the righteousness of God through the faith of Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction.”

Faith’s wayward journey

Bearing under sin

Without righteousness

Evil in sheepskin

Life’s unworthiness

Deceiving ourselves

Misery’s ruins

Man’s faith hides on shelves

Eternal darkness

Living without hope

God’s love sends Savior

He changes faith’s scope

Light born in stable

Proclaiming Good News

Father’s righteousness

Faith calls us to choose

Assurance in Christ

Believing in Him

Justified by faith

Salvation’s true hymn

From 1 John 5:13: “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.”

Father’s Love (Elfchen Series #164)

Posted on August 4, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

Connected

Assurance

Blessed relationship

Faith’s solid rock

Secure in Father’s love

Confidence

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Devoted

Confidence

Blessed actions

Grace at work

Goodness from Father’s love

Hope

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Valued

Hope

Blessed Word

Wisdom dwells within

Framed by Father’s love

Assurance

Oswald Chambers Quote

Posted on July 26, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

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The love of God pays no attention to the distinctions made by natural individuality. If I love my Lord I have no business to be guided by natural temperament; I have to feed His sheep.

From John 21:17: “He said to him the third time, ‘Simon son of John, do you love Me?’ Peter felt hurt because He said to him the third time, ‘Do you love Me?’ And he said to Him, ‘Lord, you know everything; you know that I love You.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed My sheep.'”

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.

Children of God (Elfchen Series #159)

Posted on June 30, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

Fulfilling

Hungering

For Father

Whole heart prays

Finding Him always near

Faith

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Witnessing

Coming

To Father

Focusing on Light

Following His trusted wisdom

Peace

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Assuring

Gathering

With Father

Restoring tomorrow’s hope

Climbing up mercy’s steps

Love

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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.

Simply Grace (Elfchen Series #157)

Posted on June 16, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

Come

Receiving

God’s grace

Encountering His peace

Burdens given to Him

Freedom

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Rest

Trouble

Seeking refuge

Father’s quiet grace

Forgiving sin’s heavy shame

Assurance

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Life

Christ’s

Healing love

Resurrecting broken heart

Journey of nurturing grace

Redemption

Reliving Yesterday

Posted on June 15, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

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Remembering past, page by page

Flipping through one more memory

Reliving yesterday’s heartaches

Manuscript’s incomplete, hollow words

Steaming locomotive hurls dreams

Sitting alone throughout this night

Waiting for next stop, none scheduled

Life’s empty script, more unfulfilled scenes

Seeing only darkness tonight

Looking out into gloom’s abyss

Thinking, will morning arrive soon?

Starless sky offers nothing to find

Hearing dreadful noise far ahead

Tumbling from seat, frail ego bruised

Realizing train’s journey derailed

Future’s blueprint—one big, jumbled mess

Waking to sunrise’s promise

Feeling blood flowing through veins

Pinching self, wanting to make sure

Yesterday forgotten, quiet now

Faith’s Hope

Posted on May 24, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From Hebrews 11:1-3: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval. By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.”

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Faith fills assurance

Light brightens day’s hope

What’s seen and unseen?

Love viewed through God’s scope

Faith moves through Scripture

Testaments make clear

Witness Abraham

Hope waits, then appears

Faith grows, trusting God

Hope’s great centerpiece

Foundations built strong

Life of blessed peace

Faith matures with time

God’s perfection reigns

His Word guides with truth

Hope makes lifelong gains

Faith’s hope, joined as one

Journey’s promised land

God forever praised

Mercy’s steady hand

From the words of American pastor and Christian writer, Warren Wiersbe: “Love increases our faith, and when we have faith and love, we will have hope.”

Light Now Free!

Posted on May 10, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From Luke 24:6-7: “Remember how He told you, while He was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be handed over to the hands of sinners and be crucified and on the third day rise again.”

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Enemy’s motives

Darkness full of fraud

Life spiraling down

Behind his facade

Trapped, with no escape

Caught in evil’s net

Each wave crashing down

Sinking deeper yet

Flowing river’s faith

Never left alone

Christ walks on water

Freed from this millstone

Hearing trumpet sound

Redemption’s surge swells

Blessed assurance

Now soul shall be well

Blood pays any cost

Sins nailed to this tree

Witness empty tomb

Rising, Light now free!

The hymn “When Peace, Like a River” inspired the writing of this poem. The lyrics were written by Horatio Gates Spafford in 1873. The song is sometimes titled from a line in the popular refrain, “It Is Well With My Soul.”

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Come

Rest

Life

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