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Joy’s Vision

Posted on November 9, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 17:15: “As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake I shall be satisfied, beholding Your likeness.”

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Darkness surrounds

Searching for light

God’s vision breathes

Faith’s trusted Knight

Peace from God’s Word

Lighting new road

Vision forgives

Mercy’s love code

Conscience wakens

Beholding God

Renewed vision

No longer flawed

Prayer’s answers

Hearing God’s voice

Hope’s fresh vision

Truth’s blessed choice

Purest in heart

Tasting God’s grace

Joy’s vision found

Faith’s trusted place

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From Matthew 5:8: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.”

Zac Poonen Quote

Posted on November 7, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

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If you seek to please men, you can never be a servant of the Lord.

From Psalm 100:1-2: “Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness; come into His presence with singing.”

Zac Poonen (born 1939) has been serving the Lord as a Christian Bible teacher for nearly 60 years in his home country of India.

Joy’s Anticipation

Posted on October 29, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From John 15:10-11: “If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. I have said these things to you so that My joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.”

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Rejoicing with Father

Peace quiets every storm

Joy’s spirit transforms heart

Nurturing, always warm

Learning from Father’s Word

Faith nourished, always trust

Joy sails on eagle’s wings

Bringing light, always just

Receiving Father’s grace

Precious gift of each day

Joy cascades from His love

Rising sun, never gray

Walking in Father’s steps

Hope breathes with every stride

Joy’s anticipation

Filling outlook with pride

Kneeling at Father’s feet

Gratitude sweeps ashore

Joy flowing with gladness

Entering Heaven’s door

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From the words of American evangelist, Bill Bright: “The joy of God is experienced as I love, trust, and obey God.”

Following Truth’s Voice

Posted on September 21, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Jeremiah 29:13: “When you search for Me, you will find Me; if you seek Me with all your heart.”

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Journey of darkness

Chasing empty voice

Life without answers

Nothing to rejoice

Hearing God’s whisper

Revered voice speaks out

Lighting righteous path

Faith hungers to sprout

Now, wander no more

Embracing God’s voice

Past left in ashes

Trusting mercy’s choice

Walking in God’s light

Goodness from above

Accepting His grace

Faith’s heart beats with love

Life’s upright answers

Sharing each rejoice

Hope at last finds God

Following truth’s voice

From Psalm 18:28: “It is You who light my lamp; the Lord, my God, lights up my darkness.”

Hope’s Refreshing Pace

Posted on September 14, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Deuteronomy 30:19-20: “Choose life so that you and your descendants may live, loving the Lord your God, obeying Him, and holding fast to Him, for that means life to you and length of days, so that you may live in the land that the Lord swore to give to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

Choosing to follow

Father’s divine Word

Walking in His ways

Heaven’s light unblurred

Cherishing each day

Father softens heart

Guiding Spirit’s breath

Truth offers fresh start

Taking trusted path

Father’s saving grace

Perishing no more

Hope’s refreshing pace

Strengthening faith’s roots

Father’s tender hand

Living waters shine

Darkness cannot stand

Observing sin’s filth

Father sends His Son

Washing away debts

Mercy breathes through One

From Psalm 1:1-2: “Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked or take the path that sinners tread or sit in the seat of scoffers, but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on His law they meditate day and night.”

Father’s Voice

Posted on September 7, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From John 14:23-24: “Jesus answered him, ‘Those who love me will keep My word, and My Father will love them, and We will come to them and make Our home with them. Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words, and the word that you hear is not Mine but is from the Father who sent Me.”

Called to daily worship

Time spent with Father’s Word

Sharing insight about life

His light no longer blurred

Worry replaced by faith

Closeness to Father’s voice

Praising every morning’s peace

His grace offers thee choice

Earthly things mean little

Truth found in Father’s Word

Seeking treasure in Heaven

His mercy freshly stirred

Wisdom gains its foothold

Nourished from Father’s voice

Understanding life’s purpose

His promises rejoice

From Psalm 18:13: “The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered His voice.”

As Father Planned

Posted on September 3, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Hebrews 10:23: “Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who has promised is faithful.”

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Worldly treasures

Sparkle every hour

Each temptation

Promises to empower

Never enough

Looking beyond God

Contentment sought

Destiny’s promises flawed

Hearing God’s Word

Faith’s truth becomes known

Sin’s journey fades

Dark promises stand alone

Honesty breathes

Eternity stands

Spirit leads on

Promised grace, as Father planned

Walking with Christ

Following hope’s light

Leaving darkness

Promising love, always bright

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From Lamentations 3:22-23: “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end;they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.”

Transformation From Within

Posted on August 31, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Titus 2:11-12: “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly.”

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Creator’s grace at work

Chips away at inner soul

Molding changes with purpose

Character becomes whole

Spirit calmly at work

Transformation from within

Leading with heavenly light

Word’s breath no longer thin

Savior’s presence at work

Every parable speaks

Teaching with His gentle touch

Mercy leads to each peak

Faith’s endurance at work

Nope nurtured in Christ above

Maturing with each seed sown

Confident in His love

Man’s faithfulness at work

Warmed by each morning’s sunrise

Following God’s commandments

Integrity shall rise

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From Hebrews 6:17-18: “In the same way, when God desired to show even more clearly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of His purpose, He guaranteed it by an oath, so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God would prove false, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to seize the hope set before us.”

Monday Memories: Living Truths

Posted on August 25, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Proverbs 23:23: “Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.”

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Philosophy breathes steady, faith’s living truths

Waiting with wisdom, long missing from our youth

Life’s daily chase may not be worth small treasure

Reading God’s Word, bringing life’s honest measure

Plan on giving more to others than ourselves

Blessing us with far more than dusty bookshelves

Jesus teaches us to treat others with love

Harnessing our Lord’s grace and peace from above

Trust lives as hope’s virtue, never to be lost

Securing it tightly, at ultimate cost

Our daily comfort zone brings false sense of peace

Rising up with Christ, offering life’s new lease

Failure teaches toughest lessons of living

Earning later success, praise with thanksgiving

Mankind’s world spins daily, filled with too much change

Praying to God, calms life with daily exchange

From James 1:17-18: “Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. In fulfillment of His own purpose He gave us birth by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of His creatures.”

Originally published December, 2020.

Elton Trueblood Quote

Posted on August 25, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.

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.”

Elton Trueblood (1900-1994) was an American Christian author and theologian. He served as chaplain to both Harvard and Stanford universities.

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