Big Sky Buckeye

A writer's journey continues

Always With Us

Posted on February 26, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From Colossians 1:12-14: “Giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”

Life’s challenging journey

Filled with traps of despair

Father always with us

Pulling each from evil’s snare

Life’s tormenting voices

Dragged into darkest seas

Father always with us

Catching mercy’s faithful breeze

Life’s foolish decisions

Swayed by misplaced actions

Father always with us

Forgiving sin’s transactions

Life’s pride overflowing

Drowned amongst false idols

Father always with us

Responding to His bridle

Life’s unforgiving walk

Misguided force’s fraud

Father always with us

Walking with transforming God

From 1 John 1:8: “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”

Monday Memories: Total Surrender

Posted on February 6, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From Romans 6:4: “Therefore we have been 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 too might walk in newness of life.”

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Are we truly walking in Christ?

With a new life, born again

Follow Jesus, He paid our price

True sanctification will come

Only from burial of an old life

Known as “white funeral” to some

Baptized into Christ, the Holy Son

Baptized into His death

With His death, victory is won

Through the confirmed Resurrection

We humbly come to a Holy God

His defining purpose, brings reflection

God is leading, always out front

Facing trying times of adversity

Our duty shall be, always to confront

Come to almighty and loving God

Sanctify a promise with the Father

God’s will be done, by His rod

When Christ forever defeats the Cross

His lasting, living Resurrection offers

“Walking in newness of life,” without loss

To Jesus, surrender these sinful ways

Hear Him, accept Him, follow Him

Ask for His forgiveness, without delay

Mighty God of angel armies leads

His righteousness marches with us

Filling a hungry soul, His Word feeds

Freed from sin, obedient to God

Wages of sin only bring death

Accept Jesus, He overcomes all odds

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From the words of Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher Oswald Chambers: “No one enters the experience of entire sanctification without going through a “white funeral”–the burial of the old life.”

Originally published February, 2020.

Accepting His Challenge

Posted on January 29, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From Micah 6:1-2: “Hear what the Lord says: Rise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. Hear, you mountains, the case of the Lord, and you enduring foundations of the earth, for the Lord has a case against His people, and He will contend with Israel.”

Speaking to His wayward flock

God issues new covenant

Echoing across valleys

Scaling each lofty mountain

Hearing God’s divine message

Called, accepting His challenge

Following with trust, grace speaks

Stepping from darkness to light

Watching from heaven above

God’s righteousness brings justice

Sowing seeds of repentance

Turning man away from sin

Praying for God’s forgiveness

His Rock, man shall climb in faith

Seeing empty tomb’s mercy

Walking every day with Christ

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From Micah 6:8: “He has told you, O mortal, what is good, and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God?”

Life’s Center

Posted on January 4, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From Colossians 3:12: “Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.”

Living as God’s chosen

Accepting mercy’s grace

Forgiveness, divine gift

Choosing love to embrace

Filling self with kindness

Blessing this very day

Forgiveness, without strings

Following Father’s way

Bearing with each other

Sharing God’s priceless gift

Forgiveness, pass it on

Healing each heart adrift

Receiving peace of Christ

Dwelling deeply within

Forgiveness, Spirit fills

Transforming life of sin

Praising with gratitude

Walking with humble steps

Forgiveness, life’s center

Repenting each misstep

From Colossians 3:13-14: “Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.”

Charles Swindoll Quote

Posted on January 1, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

Jesus of Nazareth had a magnificent obsession: the cross. His death on the cross was no afterthought on God’s part but rather, the fulfillment of the Father’s predetermined plan for His Son.

From Luke 24:46-47: “He said to them, ‘Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in His name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.'”

Gracious and Merciful

Posted on December 28, 2022 by bigskybuckeye

Always remember

Recounting gracious deeds

Breathing trust into faith

Life’s every tender reed

Lord fulfills great acts

Praising each, filled with love

Witnessing mighty hand

Angels sing from above

Never-ending grace

Sending His Son to build

Lasting bond with Father

Redemption shall be filled

Merciful journey

Gathering at one cross

Shedding His blood for all

Evil swallows his loss

New covenant calls

Forgiving sinful ways

Creating hope’s new life

Salvation’s hands now raise

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Jim Cymbala Quote

Posted on December 21, 2022 by bigskybuckeye

God’s heart of mercy provides for us not only pardon from sin but also a daily provision of spiritual food to strengthen us.

From 1 John 1:9: “If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

Jim Cymbala (born 1942) is an American pastor and Christian author. He firmly believes that God will share His goodness in our lives.

Gospel-Driven

Posted on December 14, 2022 by bigskybuckeye

From 2 Corinthians 5:17-18: “So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being! All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.”

God’s living grace

Bends earthly lives

Word’s special place

Righteousness thrives

Forgiveness gifts

Mercy for all

Spirit uplifts

One man named Saul

Undeserved grace

Transforming hearts

Joy shall embrace

Life’s hope restarts

Redemption shared

Walking with Christ

Because God cared

Evil’s plan iced

Grace reconciled

Sins forgiven

Darkness exiled

Gospel-driven

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From the words of American pastor and Christian teacher, Charles Stanley: “Experiencing the forgiveness God offers will transform every part of life.”

August Wilson Quote

Posted on December 1, 2022 by bigskybuckeye

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Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness.

From Psalm 32:5: “Then I acknowledged my sin to You, and I did not hide my iniquity; I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,’ and You forgave the guilt of my sin.”

August Wilson (1945-2005) was an American playwright, who was honored to receive the Pulitzer Prize in Drama twice in 1987 and 1990. He has been referred to as the “theater’s poet of Black America.”

Love’s Goodness

Posted on November 13, 2022 by bigskybuckeye

From Ephesians 1:4-5: “Just as He chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before Him in love. He destined us for adoption as His children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will.”

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Father’s divine design

Anchored in His love

Through our Lord Jesus Christ

Grace shines from above

Father showing mercy

Love’s eternal gift

Patient kindness sending

Life-changing airlift

Father guiding all things

Built around His love

Sending His only Son

Hope reigns from above

Father always believes

Love’s goodness in man

Rejoicing in His truth

Redemption’s firm plan

Father’s forgiving act

Filled with lasting love

His wisdom and insight

Praise His glory above

From 1 Corinthians 13:4-6: “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.”

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