Big Sky Buckeye

A writer's journey continues

Forward with Hope

Posted on May 29, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Catching each golden ray

Glowing from morning sunrise

Motivating from depths within

Opportunity’s faithful prize

Embracing journey’s breath

Pursuing trials ahead

Moving always forward with hope

Opportunity’s next beachhead

Freshening life’s outlook

Following trusted light’s way

Stepping through one more open gate

Opportunity’s grateful play

Exploring adventures

Discovering hidden road

Seeking one final victory

Opportunity’s next crossroad

Pausing now to give thanks

Relishing each blessed day

Looking toward day’s next chapter

Opportunity’s true gateway

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Harvest of Righteousness

Posted on May 28, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From James 1:5-6: “If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you. But ask in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.”

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Journey faces trials

Faith tested by each

Producing endurance

God shall faithfully teach

Wisdom found in God’s Word

Daily lessons speak

Granting transforming grace

Never doubt what He tweaks

Gracious God offers hope

Truth’s new direction

Walking on mercy’s path

Filled with Christ’s perfection

Taste Heaven’s purity

Spirit bringing forth

Trusting in risen Christ

Compass setting, true north

Harvest of righteousness

Sown with seeds to cope

Rising from Calvary

Spirit filled with Christ’s hope

From James 3:13: “Who is wise and knowledgeable among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom.”

A. J. Gossip Quote

Posted on May 28, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

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God has the right to be trusted; to be believed that He means what He says; and that His love is dependable.

From Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.”

A. J. (Arthur John) Gossip (1873-1954) was a Scottish-born pastor and Christian teacher.

Monday Memories: Rejoice and Be Glad

Posted on May 26, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 118:1: “O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His steadfast love endures forever!”

Rejoice and be glad in our God

His steadfast love endures forever

Giving thanks and praise to the Lord

His goodness shall reign forever

In our distress, God hears each cry

Without fear, we follow His way

His Peace driving away our fears

His Mercy filling up our hearts

His voice calls us to His refuge

Our confidence rests with the Lord

His Word comforting our sorrows

His Love healing our many wounds

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

His Holy Son, our cornerstone

Salvation arrives at the Cross

His Grace delivering His love

His righteousness covering sins

God, the Father, blessing Spirit

Through His beloved Son, Jesus

His Wisdom showing us the way

His Manna feeding hungry souls

God’s infinite strength, our fixed Rock

All foes challenging us . . . vanquished!

Rejoice and be glad in our Lord

His steadfast love endures forever

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From Psalm 118:29: “O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His steadfast love endures forever.”

Originally published November, 2020.

John Flavel Quote

Posted on May 26, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

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If light be pleasant to our eyes, how pleasant is the light of life springing from the Sun of righteousness.

From Malachi 4:2: “But for you who revere My name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.”

John Flavel (c. 1627-1691) was an English Puritan pastor and Christian author.

Restoring Trust

Posted on May 25, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Romans 12:11: “Do not lag in zeal; be ardent in spirit; serve the Lord.”

Passionate about living

God’s sunrise defines peace

Assuring each promise

His grace shall never cease

Embrace genuine love

God’s healing hand, His way

Holding fast, goodness comes

His wonder fills each day

Extend care to others

God’s harmony builds hope

Clutching His righteous Word

His truth extends faith’s rope

Redemption reaches out

God’s patience fills each breath

Suppressing every fear

His Son’s love defeats death

Life will become messy

Always follow Christ’s light

Restoring trust in faith

His mercy rises each night

From Romans 12:20-21: “Instead, ‘if your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink, for by doing this you will heap burning coals on their heads.’ Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”

W. Phillip Keller Quote

Posted on May 25, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

God invites us to come directly into His presence by way of His own dear Son.

From John 14:6: “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'”

W. Phillip Keller (1920-1997) was born in Africa as the son of missionary parents. His life’s mission would allow him to become a world citizen as a photographer, agronomist, and Christian author.

Hope Regenerated (Elfchen Series #253)

Posted on May 23, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Faithful Assuredness

Absorbing

Precious grace

Burdens now lessened

Spirit’s breath instills strength

Light

Faithful Opportunity

Uncertainty

Unrelenting darkness

Jesus comes alongside

Grace strengthens today’s light

Certainty

Faithful Steps

Encountering

Questionable future

Praying for strength

Light replaces each worry

Grace

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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.

Rooted in Light

Posted on May 21, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 92:1-2: “It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to Your name, O Most High, to declare Your steadfast love in the morning and Your faithfulness by night.”

Father in Heaven

Praising His blessed name

Eternity’s hope

Love lights redemption’s flame

Father, O Most High

Sharing His steadfast love

Each morning and night

Rooted in light above

Father, Lord of Hosts

Blessing with mercy’s hand

Depth of love’s light

Just as He always planned

Father’s grace offered

Calling Son’s love to serve

Eyes opened to light

Salvation shall preserve

Father’s promised path

Shredding darkness with light

Christ rises from death

Righteous love taking flight

From John 8:12: “Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.'”

David Jeremiah Quote

Posted on May 21, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Whenever we search out biblical truth about Christ–and we find it in Leviticus as well as in Luke–we are turning our leaves toward the light.

From Leviticus 24:1-4: “The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning regularly. Aaron shall set it up in the tent of meeting, outside the curtain of the covenant, to burn from evening to morning before the Lord regularly; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. He shall set up the lamps on the lampstand of pure gold before the Lord regularly.'”

David Jeremiah (born 1941) is an American pastor and Christian author.

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