Big Sky Buckeye

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Living in Christ

Posted on May 12, 2021 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 things that are above, not on things that are on earth.”

Living in Christ, never alone

Marked with genuine, lasting love

Walking in daily harmony

Bread of Life, feeding from above

Living in Christ, finding mercy

Filled with thirst for Holy kindness

Quenching faith with living water

Spirit healing sin-filled blindness

Living in Christ, cherished moments

Covered by His forgiving grace

Centering on infinite love

Patience guides, finishing life’s race

Living in Christ, tasting His love

Called to follow in faithful ways

Building new life with righteousness

Heavens singing with blessed praise

Living in Christ, God’s chosen ones

Baptized, newest children of God

Praising Heavenly Father’s love

Comfort received, His staff and rod

From Colossians 3:14-15: “Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful.”

In His Word

Posted on May 6, 2021 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 119:97-98: “Oh, how I love your law! It is my meditation all day long. Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is always with me.”

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Eternal Lord in Heaven

Our faithfulness flows from Him

God’s Word pilots creation

Through time’s ages, never dim

Evil prowling in darkness

Waiting to maim and uproot

God’s love, lasting protection

His grace lighting life’s new route

Accepting God’s Holy law

Life filling with His delight

Marching with our conviction

Saved from misery’s dark night

Reading daily from Scripture

In His Word, Lord shall converse

Living with Father’s wisdom

Love every single verse

Father’s Word always teaches

Guiding life’s faithful mindset

Lives led by His commandments

Follow now, never forget

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From the words of American pastor and Christian teacher, Charles Stanley: “We need godly knowledge and principles to guide us, which is why we must make meditation on the Word a daily habit.”

Restoring Spirit (Haiku Series #133)

Posted on May 4, 2021 by bigskybuckeye

Faith

Holy Spirit breathes

Navigating Christian faith—

Feeling His presence

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Peace

Saved through Christ Jesus

According to His Spirit—

Transforming new life

Love

Children led by God

Tasting adoption’s Spirit

Heirs of Lord and Christ

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Holding Us Fast

Posted on May 2, 2021 by bigskybuckeye

From Romans 8:38-39: “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Burdened with sin-filling guilt

Questions about salvation

Worn down, feeling overwhelmed

Life struggling with temptation

Surrounded by sin’s gloom and doom

Meager actions not enough

Salvation ignores life’s works

Grace shining through evil’s bluff

Remember God’s faithful truths

Choosing us, always with us

Spirit marks each with new life

His love, hope’s guaranteed plus

Father’s Word holding us fast

Always our righteous anchor

Steadies weary, stumbling steps

Answers doubts, quiets rancor

Jesus pays our debts in full

Forgiven, transformed, renewed

According to His mercy

Taking our place, flesh subdued

From Titus 3:4-5: “But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to His mercy, through the water of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.”

Rejoicing!

Posted on April 28, 2021 by bigskybuckeye

From Zephaniah 3:17: “The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will renew you in His love; He will exult over you with loud singing.”

Rejoicing!

With fulfilled hearts

Forward life goes

Exulting!

Christ, our Savior

Conquers darkest foe

Celebrating!

Without Christ, defeated

With Jesus, victory

Harvesting!

Sowing faith’s seeds

Reaping eternal hope

Savoring!

God’s cherished love

Heavenly home waits

Blessing!

Empty tomb proclaims

Sharing Easter joy

Believing!

Jesus, Risen Lord

Sins bleached white

Worshipping!

Singing with praise

Blessed and thankful

Glorifying!

Father with Son

And Holy Spirit

Praising!

Witness God’s Word

Breaking bread together

Rejoicing!

Sovereign God empowers

With sustaining love

From Psalm 118:24: “This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”

The main inspiration for this poem comes from the hymn “On Our Way Rejoicing.” Enjoy singing along!

Boundless Gifts (Elfchen Series #54)

Posted on April 16, 2021 by bigskybuckeye

Transformed

Faith

Perishable, precious

Tested by fire

Rejoice with glorious joy

Indescribable

Forgiven

Love

Promises fulfilled

Born a Savior

Quenching world’s dry thirst

Salvation

Enduring

Forever

Our Savior

Lights our way

His life, His truth

Jesus

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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.

Do You Hear?

Posted on April 14, 2021 by bigskybuckeye

From Deuteronomy 6:4-5: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.”

Busy with daily lives

Pausing now, do you hear?

As God listens, we should

Opening minds and ears

As God’s chosen, come close

Father waits with patience

Intently, carefully

Despite our impatience

Read His Word with earnest

Focus on, meditate

God’s living stone, breathing

Do you hear Him, so great?

His mercy chooses us

With never-ending love

Calling us from darkness

Finding God’s grace above

Face each hour with new hope

Follow with faithful steps

Lives chosen and precious

God waits at our doorstep

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From 1 Peter 2:9-10: “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.”

Oswald Chambers Quote

Posted on April 14, 2021 by bigskybuckeye

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The bedrock of our Christian faith is the unmerited, fathomless marvel of the love of God exhibited on the Cross of Calvary, a love we never can and never shall merit.

From Romans 8:37-39: “In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Love Never Fails

Posted on April 11, 2021 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 142:1-2: “With my voice I cry to the Lord; with my voice I make supplication to the Lord. I pour out my complaint before Him; I tell my trouble before Him.”

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Roaming life’s wilderness

Old Man Trouble talking

No escape from his voice

Tougher times come knocking

Life’s rivers never rest

Turbulent waters wait

Walking through hottest fire

Faith in God shifts our fate

Bright days turning darkest

Where’s our protection gone?

Father’s love never fails

With us at day’s new dawn

Choosing life’s one clear choice

God’s love sending courage

Tackling intense troubles

Lord’s Word shall encourage

Facing Old Man Trouble

God renewing life’s hope

Eye to eye with our faith

Lord’s unbreakable rope

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From Isaiah 43:1-2: “But now thus says the Lord, He who created you, O Jacob, He who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.”

Monday Memories: Nourishing Love

Posted on April 5, 2021 by bigskybuckeye

A beautiful garden planted in the spring with great love

Flowers and vegetables blessed with peace from above

Every detail carefully planned and tenderly done

All this fertile soil needs now is water and sun

The first few weeks bring excitement and growth

Green buds and a bit of color are amazing both

One week goes by without any tender loving care

The young, immature plants now seem a bit scared

I am thirsty for a drink, can’t you see!

Why have you forgotten all about me?

Another week passes along without feeling a human hand

The fragile plants begin a slow march back to the land

I am thirsty for a drink, can’t you see!

Why have you forgotten all about me?

A third week arrives with unhappiness and despair

The once promising garden can’t surely be repaired

I am thirsty for a drink, can’t you see!

Why have you forgotten all about me?

From high above comes His promise to bring rain

Soon a gentle, nourishing mist reduces the pain

Humans need to be fed from above by Him

We must ask Him gently like singing a hymn

Without loving care, the garden and people will perish

The Lord adores all of His creation with love to cherish

Let us never, ever wonder and say . . .

I am thirsty for a drink, can’t you see!

Why have you forgotten all about me?

To have little faith isn’t part of our day!

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Peace

Love

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Transformed

Forgiven

Enduring

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