Big Sky Buckeye

A writer's journey continues

Hope’s Clear Light

Posted on June 18, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Colossians 1:4-5: “For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. You have heard of this hope before in the word of the truth, the gospel that has come to you.”

Faith in Jesus Christ

Rising with hope’s clear light

Love descends from Heaven

Fulfilling mercy’s flight

Faith speaks through God’s Word

Nourishing truth each day

Whisper of light to trust

Breathing hope, never gray

Faith targets saint’s heart

Sowing each faithful seed

Spirit nurtures each one

Blessing how hope shall feed

Faith’s patient journey

Praying to Lord above

Strengthened steps persevere

Uniting with hope’s love

Faith’s kingdom shall come

Redeeming with love’s grace

Father, Son, and Spirit

Offering hope’s embrace

From Colossians 1:12-13: “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.”

Redeeming Love

Posted on June 15, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Isaiah 40:10-11: “See, the Lord God comes with might, and His arm rules for Him; His reward is with Him and His recompense before Him. He will feed his flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs in His arms and carry them in His bosom and gently lead the mother sheep.”

Father’s passionate plan

His mercy offers one way

Defeating darkness of sin

Sheep shall no longer stray

Father’s earthly descent

Love bears mankind’s salvation

Shepherd leads those lost to peace

Faith grows hope’s foundation

Father’s redeeming love

Unconditional with grace

Calvary bearing man’s debts

Resurrection’s birthplace

Father’s ultimate deed

Tomorrow offering light

Spirit leading as Christ’s guide

Transgressions colored white

Father’s forgiving breath

Savior’s search will never end

Wayward return to His voice

Disciples, He now sends

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From Hebrews 13:20-21: “Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, make you complete in everything good so that you may do His will, as He works among us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever.”

Filled with Time

Posted on June 12, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Another morning rises

Hourglass filled with time

Adventures waiting

Spirit’s gentle touch leaves nighttime

Another wakening heart

Hourglass filled with time

Emotions sailing

Distant dreams surface to bell’s chime

Another page opens up

Hourglass filled with time

Happiness smiling

Nature’s radiance sure to climb

Another wilderness road

Hourglass filled with time

Transitions breathing

Tasting sweetest life, in its prime

Tomorrow naps in shadows

Hourglass filled with time

Hopefulness praising

Unending day, please no bedtime

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Charles Stanley Quote

Posted on June 11, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

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The unexpected, hopeful circumstances that show up in our darkest moments are not accidents but precious assurance builders from the Lord.

From Judges 7:15: “When Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, he worshiped, and he returned to the camp of Israel and said, ‘Get up, for the Lord has given the army of Midian into your hand.'”

Charles Stanley (1932-2023) was an American pastor and Christian writer. He was dedicated to leading a teaching ministry.

Monday Memories: Crying Out

Posted on June 9, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 23:4: “Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff—they comfort me.”

Darkness shields life’s guiding light

Causing worries to take flight

Life’s trials, too much to bear

Ask, who really seems to care?

World seems to be crashing down

Running dry, emptiness drowns

Words and actions, meek and weak

Ask, who shall one run to seek?

Vacant wilderness, so dark

Crying out, life’s question mark

Heart and soul, feeling hollow

Ask, what voice shall one follow?

Voice answers, restoring hopes

Searching from distant slopes

Good Shepherd, looking for one

Saving His flock, one by one

From John 10:14-16: “I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.”

Originally published November, 2020.

Faith Nourished

Posted on June 4, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Habakkuk 2:4: “Look at the proud! Their spirit is not right in them, but the righteous live by their faithfulness.”

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Coming to worship

God inviting all

Praising Son above

Each saint finds landfall

Praying in earnest

God hears every Word

Lasting grace comes forth

Truth’s faithful password

Walking righteous path

God light’s trusted way

Raising up His Son

Faith nourished each day

Singing every psalm

God opens each door

Welcoming with peace

Hope ready to soar

Loving with each breath

God’s will never fails

Blessing at sunrise

Spirit set to sail

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From 1 Corinthians 13:4-8: “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. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.”

Grace Forever Free

Posted on June 1, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Lamentations 3:22-24: “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in Him.'”

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Enemy only brings

Darkness upon thee

Emptiness clings

Again, lost at sea

Trapped in wilderness maze

No escape for thee

Sun’s missing rays

What does Spirit see?

God’s arrow finds its mark

Peace comes upon thee

Redemption’s ark

His Word’s faithful key

Salvation’s open gate

Savior’s love for thee

Mercy’s soulmate

Evil’s breath now flees

Bethlehem’s blessed light

Shineth upon thee

Hope taking flight

Praying on both knees

Freedom from heavy chains

Sins’ debts paid for thee

Christ shoulders pain

Grace forever free

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From Lamentations 3:55-57: “I called on Your name, O Lord, from the depths of the pit; You heard my plea, ‘Do not close Your ear to my cry for help, but give me relief!’ You came near when I called on You; You said, ‘Do not fear!'”

John Ortberg Quote

Posted on June 1, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

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The best place to start doing life with God is in small moments.

From Psalm 33:18-19: “Truly the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, on those who hope in His steadfast love, to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine.”

John Ortberg (born 1957) is an American pastor as well as a Christian author and speaker.

Forward with Hope

Posted on May 29, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Catching each golden ray

Glowing from morning sunrise

Motivating from depths within

Opportunity’s faithful prize

Embracing journey’s breath

Pursuing trials ahead

Moving always forward with hope

Opportunity’s next beachhead

Freshening life’s outlook

Following trusted light’s way

Stepping through one more open gate

Opportunity’s grateful play

Exploring adventures

Discovering hidden road

Seeking one final victory

Opportunity’s next crossroad

Pausing now to give thanks

Relishing each blessed day

Looking toward day’s next chapter

Opportunity’s true gateway

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Harvest of Righteousness

Posted on May 28, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From James 1:5-6: “If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you. But ask in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.”

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Journey faces trials

Faith tested by each

Producing endurance

God shall faithfully teach

Wisdom found in God’s Word

Daily lessons speak

Granting transforming grace

Never doubt what He tweaks

Gracious God offers hope

Truth’s new direction

Walking on mercy’s path

Filled with Christ’s perfection

Taste Heaven’s purity

Spirit bringing forth

Trusting in risen Christ

Compass setting, true north

Harvest of righteousness

Sown with seeds to cope

Rising from Calvary

Spirit filled with Christ’s hope

From James 3:13: “Who is wise and knowledgeable among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom.”

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