Big Sky Buckeye

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Father’s Comforting Heart

Posted on November 13, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From Isaiah 49:13: “Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the Lord has comforted His people and will have compassion on His suffering ones.”

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Peace rises above

Father’s comforting hand

Over every high mountain

Answers cover distant lands

Love rises above

Father’s comforting sense

Compassion lifts up each saint

Answers come to one’s defense

Hope rises above

Father’s comforting voice

Light eradicates darkness

Answers offer trusted choice

Joy rises above

Father’s comforting grace

Every storm becomes quiet

Answers which all should embrace

Grace rises above

Father’s comforting heart

Discipleship feeds spirit

Answers sustain faith’s restart

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From the words of American Christian writer, Lettie B. Cowman: “Put your hand into the hand of God. He gives the calmness and serenity of heart and soul.”

Focused on Christ

Posted on October 30, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From Philippians 2:3-4: “Do nothing from selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests but to the interests of others.”

Encouragement in Christ

Sharing love-filled grace

Witnessing humility

Heart’s very special place

Of one mind with Jesus

Sharing selfless love

Caring first, for others’ needs

Led by Spirit above

Every breath mirrors Christ

Sharing mercy’s joy

Walking with unselfish thoughts

Honest actions deploy

Each step follows Jesus

Sharing Spirit’s light

Taking obedient path

Humbleness guides faith’s sight

Always focused on Christ

Sharing fresh outlook

Living within dignity

Tomorrow’s quiet brook

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From Philippians 2:14-15: “Do all things without murmuring and arguing, so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world.”

Saint Francis de Sales Quote

Posted on October 30, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

There is nothing small in the service of God.

From Proverbs 11:25: “A generous person will be enriched, and one who gives water will get water.”

Elton Trueblood Quote

Posted on October 25, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

One of the noblest words in our language is “grace,” defined as “unearned blessing.” We live by grace far more than anything else.

From Romans 3:23-24: “Since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are now justified by His grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.”

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

Charles Swindoll Quote

Posted on October 18, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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Discouraged people don’t need critics. They hurt enough already. They need encouragement. They need a refuge–a willing, caring, available someone.

From Proverbs 25:11: “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.”

Gathered Peace (Elfchen Series #221)

Posted on October 11, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

Alone

Overwhelming

Darkness surrounds

Facing numbing trials

Jesus draws ever closer

Grace

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Lost

Seeking

Life’s answers

Wayward miles traveled

Kneeling at Jesus’ feet

Forgiveness

Found

Transforming

Light ahead

Resurrection’s eternal flame

Chains of transgressions broken

Redemption

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.

Faith Coming Alive

Posted on October 6, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From John 11:25-26: “Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in Me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?'”

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Overwhelming with darkness

Tomorrow’s vision unseen

Out of life’s impossible

Wondering what faith will mean

Calvary’s light beams ahead

Today offers blessed place

Possible waiting in view

Powering toward Christ’s grace

Prince of Peace offers his hand

Hour of hope at last arrives

Redemption shall be fulfilled

Seeing faith coming alive

Bitter sorrow fades away

In Christ, mercy filled with love

Answers to prayer’s journey

Touching Spirit high above

From John 10:9-10: “I am the gate. Whoever enters by Me will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”

Vance Havner Quote

Posted on October 2, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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No journey is complete that does not lead through some dark valleys. We can properly comfort others only with the comfort wherewith we ourselves have been comforted of God.

From Matthew 5:4: “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”

Vance Havner (1901-1986) was an American pastor and Christian author. During his many years of service to the Lord, he preached throughout America.

Receiving Comfort (Haiku Series #296)

Posted on October 1, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

Sharing

Someone in despair

Extending bright light of grace—

Hope fills one more heart

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Delivering

Lost in valley’s depths

Healing’s descending courage—

Quiet peace surrounds

Offering

Life’s roller coaster

Leaving peril’s ups and downs—

Straightened and smooth

Messiah’s Light

Posted on September 29, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From Isaiah 53:9: “They made his grave with the wicked and his tomb with the rich, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.”

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Born before light breathes

God’s master blueprint

Only darkness exists

Waiting, His Son’s footprint

Sin breathes at Eden

Perfect light shattered

Tomorrow’s harsh darkness

Righteousness now scattered

From garden’s shadows

Bloody cross awaits

Savior’s light journeys on

From heaven’s open gate

God’s people wander

Darkness covers world

Divine plan’s fulfillment

Messiah’s light unfurled

Light moves against sin

Nailed to rugged tree

Every transgression paid

Saving grace sets man free

From Isaiah 53:10: “Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him with affliction. When you make his life an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring and shall prolong his days; through him the will of the Lord shall prosper.”

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