Big Sky Buckeye

A writer's journey continues

Quiet Retreat

Posted on October 17, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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Morning’s quiet retreat

Offering sunrise view

Taking splendor’s front seat

Sky sketched with clearest blue

Sanctuary of peace

Spirit’s closeness abounds

Renewal of life’s lease

Stillness felt all around

Harmony’s joyful tune

Brightening this new day

Filling every full moon

Mountain’s peak never gray

River’s gathering dreams

Shaped within ancient hands

Journey’s endless bloodstream

Tranquility’s heartland

Tomorrow always waits

Offering one more chance

Tasting now, nature’s fate

Spirit’s refreshing dance

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Recipe for Success

Posted on October 10, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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Childhood dreams

Goals undefined

Future’s clarity

Waiting, to be defined

Youthful path

Faithful seeds sowed

Love’s tenderness cares

Waiting, harvest so proud

Days lengthen

Filled with hope’s gifts

Efforts bring rewards

Waiting, actions upshift

Tomorrow

Life’s follow-through

Strength in discipline

Waiting, lasting breakthrough

Leaving home

Granted access

Past always teaching

Recipe for success

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Charles Dickens Quotes

Posted on October 10, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

Do all the good you can, and make as little fuss about it as possible.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer whose novels are generally considered some of the greatest published during the Victorian era.

Daily Testaments (Haiku Series #297)

Posted on October 8, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

Witness

Extending kindness

Receiving back so much more—

Makes this world go round

Mindset

Another mountain

Accepting heartfelt wisdom—

Challenge overcome

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Journey

Sharing life’s story

Seeing goodness in others—

Through each written page

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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.

Charles Swindoll Quote

Posted on September 25, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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Who of us has not longed for a word from God, searched for a glimpse of His power, or yearned for the reassurance of His presence, only to feel that He seems absent from the moment. Yet later, we realize how very present He was all along.

From Psalm 23:1-3: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake.”

Resilient in Leadership

Posted on September 12, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

Stormy clouds now gather

Reins held with steady hand

Confident in leadership

Vision meets each demand

Horizon sets choices

Consistency calls out

Dynamic in leadership

Navigates faithful route

World hungers for balance

Tempered with compassion

Gentleness in leadership

Efforts filled with passion

Opportunity breathes

From time-tested flagship

Decisive in leadership

Never loses its grip

Journey’s expectations

Surpassed with every test

Resilient in leadership

Finishes one more quest

Woody Guthrie Quotes

Posted on September 7, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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The best way to get to know any bunch of people is to go and listen to their music.

One day we’ll all find out that all of our songs was just little notes in a great big song.

Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) was an American folk singer and songwriter.

Charles Swindoll Quote

Posted on September 6, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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We live our lives under the careful, loving, gracious, albeit sovereign, hand of our God. And the movements of time and history tick off according to His reckoning, exactly as He ordained.

From Psalm 31:14-15: “But I trust in You, O Lord; I say, ‘You are my God.’ My times are in Your hand.”

Charles Swindoll (born 1934) is an American pastor and Christian author.

Monday Memories: God’s Word Reaches Out

Posted on August 26, 2024 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.”

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Being careful with life’s missteps

Sinful disobedience waits

God’s Word touches our inner soul

Hell pleasing, never be our fate

Our truest, most faithful support

Shall always arrive from His love

God’s Word will endure forever

His Spirit reigns from high above

When life’s dark trials boil over

Creating quagmires of distress

God’s Word quells each predicament

His next move leads like playing chess

Our life’s journey travels by faith

Transformed by Christ’s merciful heart

God’s Word reaches out, filled with hope

Bringing a new day, let’s restart

From 2 Corinthians 5:7: “For we walk by faith, not by sight.”

Originally published July, 2020.

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