Big Sky Buckeye

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God’s Home

Posted on June 12, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 98:1: “O sing to the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things. His right hand and His holy arm have gotten Him victory.”

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Praising Lord high above

Singing favorite hymn

Overflowing with His peace

Returning love to Him

Revealing mercy’s grace

Descending from God’s rock

Filling earthly, mortal place

Shepherding wayward flock

Declaring His purpose

Severing chains of sin

Forgiving each indictment

Teaching what should have been

Praying for faith’s new hope

Calling upon Lord’s name

Grasping heaven’s righteous rope

Granting grace, without blame

Climbing final mountain

Leaving this worldly dome

Dwelling jointly, wolf with lamb

Summoning to God’s home

From Isaiah 11:6: “The wolf shall live with the lamb; the leopard shall lie down with the kid; the calf and the lion will feed together, and a little child shall lead them.”

Praising Heavenly Father (Elfchen Series #201)

Posted on May 3, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

Shower of Benevolence

Experiencing

Father’s love

Tender mercies given

Washing away each transgression

Forgiveness

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Spiritual Refreshment

Trusting

Father’s promises

Righteousness nourishes faith

Eternity’s wealth of knowledge

Wisdom

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Blessed Transformation

Witnessing

Father’s presence

Never feeling forsaken

Grace creates clean heart

Renewal

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Charles Stanley Quote

Posted on December 20, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

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Conviction about God’s truth is like an anchor holding you steady in the waves of temptation and the winds of opinion.

From Daniel 1:16-17: “So the guard continued to withdraw their royal rations and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables. To these four young men God gave knowledge and skill in every aspect of literature and wisdom; Daniel also had insight into all visions and dreams.”

Merciful Grace

Posted on December 6, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 103:8: “The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.”

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Praising God eternal

His merciful grace reigns

Steadfast, abounding love

Unshackling evil’s chains

Praising almighty God

His glory always reigns

Filled with merciful love

Blessing life, changing lanes

Praising God’s steady hand

His endless grace shall reign

Forgiveness, heals with love

Boarding heavenly train

Praising God’s Holy name

Spirit coming to reign

His mercy shared with love

Covering distant plains

Praising God’s divine plan

Son’s kingdom born to reign

Taste lasting, grace-filled love

Washing white, sinful veins

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From the words of American pastor and theologian, Eugene Peterson: “God is sheer mercy and grace.”

Inescapable

Posted on November 29, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 139:1-2: “O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away.”

Searching and knowing

Discerning each thought

Inescapable

God ties one more knot

Seeing tomorrow

Opening one’s eyes

Inescapable

God hears every cry

Leading each day forth

Holding darkness back

Inescapable

God’s light covers black

Sharing His good works

Teaching righteous truth

Inescapable

God matures one’s youth

Weaving from earth’s depths

Knitting with intent

Inescapable

God’s efforts well-meant

Navigating storms

Lifting each above

Inescapable

God brings grace-filled love

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From Psalm 139:11-12: “If I say, ‘Surely the darkness shall cover me, and night wraps itself around me,’ even the darkness is not dark to You; the night is as bright as the day, for darkness is as light to You.”

Trusting Always

Posted on September 17, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 37:5-6: “Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him, and He will act. He will make your vindication shine like the light and the justice of your cause like the noonday.”

Trusting always, Lord’s righteousness

Living under His cherished love

Filling each heart with His desires

Praises reign from heaven above

Trusting always, Lord’s promised light

Committing to His divine way

Shining upon mercy’s justice

Darkness vanquished, fading away

Trusting always, Lord’s faithful path

Sending love with His timely grace

Accepting redemption’s blessing

Peace extended, let all embrace

Trusting always, Lord’s hallowed Word

Reading as His blueprint unfolds

Gathering spirit leads us forth

Faith growing from Gospel’s foothold

From Psalm 37:39-40: “The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; He is their refuge in the time of trouble. The Lord helps them and rescues them; He rescues them from the wicked and saves them because they take refuge in Him.”

Mercy’s Reassurance (Elfchen Series #168)

Posted on September 15, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

Trusted Promises

God’s

Unconditional love

Covering our shortcomings

Filling valleys, leveling mountains

Grace

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Trusted Word

Faith

Strengthened daily

Scripture’s inspirational light

Savior’s grace at work

Hope

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Trusted Journey

Today’s

Looking forward

Christ’s fulfilling peace

Opening faith to grace

Tomorrow’s

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Max Lucado Quote

Posted on July 21, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

God’s goal is not to make you happy. It is to make you His.

From Psalm 119:76: “Let Your steadfast love become my comfort according to Your promise to Your servant.“

Father’s Love (Elfchen Series #149)

Posted on April 21, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

Revealing

Lost

Darkest wilderness

Focusing on Light

Mercy shall be waiting

Found

Confiding

Believing

Never forsaken

Conversation with God

Faithful trust connects daily

Prayer

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Heartening

Discouraged

Frozen outlook

Spirit’s warming presence

Gentle rain of grace

Encouraged

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.

Father’s Firm Hand

Posted on November 15, 2020 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 94:1-2: “O Lord, you God of vengeance, you God of vengeance, shine forth! Rise up, O judge of the earth; give to the proud what they deserve!”

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Holy, perfect Father

Bringing justice for all

Earth’s one, ultimate Judge

Love covers, like rainfall

Truest God of vengeance

Providing blessed Grace

Living high in Heaven

Father’s firm hand, in place

Lives thirst for discipline

Teaching knowledge, His Word

Knowing our hollow thoughts

Empty breath, minds stand blurred

Over the roaring seas

On highest mountaintops

Across fertile valleys

Earth’s Judge shall never stop

Gracious to believers

God’s goodness and kindness

Through our faith, accept Grace

Love overcomes blindness

Judging with righteousness

God’s law rules over all

Vanquishing the wicked

Justice builds righteous walls

From Psalm 98:8-9: “Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills sing together for joy at the presence of the Lord, for He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.”

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Trusted Promises

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Trusted Journey

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Revealing

Confiding

Heartening

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