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Well of Grace

Posted on March 16, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Colossians 3:1-2: “So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth.”

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Experiencing God’s grace

Feeling His generous love

Tasting heavenly goodness

New life found in Christ above

Renewing spirit of grace

Casting aside former ways

Escaping darkest trials

Christ’s sunrise erases gray

Drinking from God’s well of grace

Reading His Word, laced with hope

Sharing His righteous message

Faith matures, viewed through Christ’s scope

Embracing truth in God’s grace

Nourishing faith, now rejoice

Sustaining joy with each step

Christ’s glory in risen voice

Harvesting gifts from God’s grace

Setting mind on peace above

Filling heart with blessed hymns

Harmony flows from Christ’s love

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From Colossians 3:15: “And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.”

John Owen Quote

Posted on March 16, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Before the work of grace the heart is “stony.” It can do no more than a stone can do to please God.

From Hebrews 4:16: “Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”

John Owen (1616-1683) was an English Puritan church leader and theologian.

Everlasting (Elfchen Series #243)

Posted on March 14, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Faith

Patience

Rejoice always

Embracing each moment

Trust in God’s promises

Answering

Always

Courage

Faithfulness leading

Mercy opens door

God’s refuge of light

Unflinching

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Presence

Grace

Deepest love

Acceptance with humbleness

God’s passion for life

Forgiving

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.

Salvation’s Key

Posted on March 5, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Joel 2:12-13: “Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from punishment.”

Earth quakes, full of darkness

Wilderness surrounds thee

Wayward steps, no escape

Misplacing salvation’s key

Hope dwells in empty faith

Where is God’s gracious love?

Enemy’s fire burns bright

Obscuring Spirit above

Each transgression concealed

Yet, God views every one

Righteous breath covers land

Offering grace to outrun

Heart fills with repentance

Every sin be confessed

God’s forgiveness shall come

Redeeming faith’s final quest

Christ waits at Calvary

Hidden in faith’s Good News

Hope’s new pathway of peace

Offering love to infuse

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From Proverbs 28:13: “No one who conceals transgressions will prosper, but one who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.”

Risen Hope

Posted on March 2, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Jeremiah 17:7-8: “Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream.”

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Coming to faith’s crossroads

Two unique trails offer choice

Trusting selves to wilderness

Or, following God’s voice

Like tree planted with grace

Waters nourish every root

Filling with life, staying green

Bearing always rich fruit

Sustained through steadfast trust

Even when darkness brings drought

Sustaining each righteous breath

Finding God’s faithful sprouts

Sunrise at Calvary

Resurrection’s risen hope

Witnessing His empty tomb

Grasping Christ’s promised rope

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From 1 Corinthians 15:20-22: “But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died. For since death came through a human, the resurrection of the dead has also come through a human, for as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ.”

Mercy’s Faithful Voice (Elfchen Series #241)

Posted on February 28, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Openhearted

Forgiving

One another

Embracing Father’s grace

Touched by His deliverance

Love

Connected

Supporting

Each other

Surrounding with grace

God’s timeless love shared

Fellowship

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Anchored

Following

Father’s commandments

Deepening love’s testament

Light from risen grace

Jesus

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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.

Fruits Fully Bloom

Posted on February 26, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 37:3-4: “Trust in the Lord and do good; live in the land and enjoy security. Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.”

Trusting Father’s plans

Accepting His grace

Breathing in wisdom

Worry no longer gives chase

Taking faithful steps

Embracing His ways

Walking with Father

His patience teaches each day

Lending mercy’s peace

Expressing His love

Filling heart with hope

Father’s joy breathes from above

Leaving sinful flesh

Departing from night

Honoring Father

His righteousness leads with light

Sowing truthful seeds

Viewing empty tomb

Trusting risen Christ

Redemption’s fruits fully bloom

From Psalm 37:29: “The righteous shall inherit the land and live in it forever.”

God’s Kingdom Come

Posted on February 23, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 18:1-2: “I love You, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.”

Good Shepherd reminds His flock

Take spirit’s path, filled with love

Humbleness leading faith’s walk

Tasting His grace, from high above

High Priest teaches from God’s Word

Another day filled with light

Righteous truth no longer blurred

Accepting grace, within His sight

Savior nurtures faith with hope

Repentance, actions of peace

His love strengthens mercy’s rope

Forgiving grace, never shall cease

Faithful Counselor’s vision

Salvation to always trust

Joy-filled without division

Breathing with God’s grace, life adjusts

Messiah reigns eternal

Calvary’s blood overcomes

His hand writes in faith’s journal

Offering grace, God’s kingdom come

From Psalm 18:46: “The Lord lives! Blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation.”

Mighty Deeds

Posted on February 12, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 77:14: “You are the God who works wonders; You have displayed Your might among the peoples.”

In days of trouble

Enemy’s darkness flees

Hearing heavens’ thunder

Father’s grace, always free

In midst of trials

Trusted light shall arrive

Feeling comforting peace

Father’s passion alive

In deepest abyss

Hopeless, yet not alone

Reaching for mercy’s hand

Father’s mighty deeds sown

One more miracle

Absent of His footprints

Transforming with wonders

Father’s breath offers hint

Another sunrise

Joy found in heaven’s love

Restoring fragile health

Father’s touch from above

From Psalm 77:19: “Your way was through the sea, Your path through the mighty waters, yet Your footprints were unseen.”

Monday Memories: Love Triumphs

Posted on February 10, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From 1 Corinthians 13:13: “And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.”

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Living hollow life without love

Nothing but emptiness, thereof

Disconnected faith fills our veins

Minus love, tall mountains remain

Mankind’s meaningless possessions

Forgotten in life’s recessions

Worldly knowledge, means so little

Love gently binds, never brittle

Love arrives with Holy kindness

Patience without any blindness

Never arrogant or hateful

Without envy, always grateful

Jesus teaches, love each other

Sincere love, sisters and brothers

Caring God so loved this dark world

Christ’s own unselfish love unfurled

From a blood-stained Cross comes His Grace

Love speaks out, sin falls on its face

Our Lord offers His Holy gift

Faith, hope, love . . . no longer adrift

God’s Word delivers life’s new lease

Love triumphs, building lasting peace

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From the words of Christian theologian, Reinhold Niebuhr: “The cross symbolizes a cosmic as well as a historic truth. Love conquers the world, but its victory is not an easy one.”

Originally published September, 2020.

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Openhearted

Connected

Anchored

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