Big Sky Buckeye

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Beacon’s Night Thread

Posted on March 7, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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Navigating stormy seas

Hazardous, rocky shore

Hidden perils loom ahead

Darkness waiting to score

Facing overwhelming odds

Danger swarms all about

Faith’s ally always waiting

Rescue coming, no doubt

Searching for safety’s refuge

Lighthouse offers assist

Brighter than any moonlight

Mercy found in its midst

Steering away from trouble

Calmer waters ahead

Eerie sky shines like daylight

Promised beacon’s night thread

Arriving at safe harbor

Harm retreating away

Gratitude’s voice welcomes home

Sunrise blesses this day

Grace Shall Seal

Posted on March 6, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From John 12:34: “The crowd answered Him, ‘We have heard from the law that the Messiah remains forever. How can You say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?'”

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Walking in darkness

Uncertainty’s steps

Faith seeking answers

Burdened with each misstep

Encouraging love

Redemption’s risen light

Faith finding its way

Son of Man stands upright

Seeking heaven’s peace

Spirit guides actions

Faith’s revealing trust

Calvary’s transaction

Believing in Christ

Shadows fade away

Faith sharing Gospel

In His name, let us pray

Reflecting hope’s path

Truth’s lantern reveals

Faith, Jesus leading

Safe passage, grace shall seal

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From John 12:35-36: “Jesus said to them, ‘The light is in you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. If you walk in the darkness, you do not know where you are going. While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light.'”

Oswald Chambers Quote

Posted on March 4, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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There is a difference between an ideal and a vision. An ideal has no moral inspirations; a vision has.

From Proverbs 29:18: “Where there is no prophecy, the people cast off restraint, but happy are those who keep the law.”

Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was a Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher. Following his death from an illness while in Egypt during World War I, his wife took on the task of transcribing the detailed notes she had written from his lectures and sermons. Gertrude Hobbs Chambers’ efforts resulted in the publication in 1924 of MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST. I frequently read from this devotional, and it has greatly deepened my faith and understanding of God’s Word.

Almighty Light (Elfchen Series #192)

Posted on March 1, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

Marching

Battleground

Enemy’s attack

Light vanquishes darkness

Faith’s armor of God

Victory

Believing

Calvary

Showdown’s darkness

God’s faithful plan

Resurrection’s light of love

Embrace

Accepting

Faith

Trusting God

Rock of Ages

Darkness overpowered by light

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.

Trusting in God (Elfchen Series #191)

Posted on February 23, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

Navigating Troubles

Faithfulness

Righteous actions

Emerging with strength

God’s river of grace

Goodness

Taking Our Place

Justice

Deserved, but

Kneeling before God

Cross bears every sin

Forgiveness

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Faith’s Lantern

Darkness

Hope hidden

Hearing God’s voice

Rising over every valley

Light

Eyes Fixed on Jesus

Posted on February 7, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From Philippians 3:10-11: “I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the sharing of His sufferings by becoming like Him in His death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.”

Living in darkness

Flesh from evil lasts

Searching for God’s light

Breaking from sin’s past

Walking with Jesus

Loss shall replace gain

Redeeming at cross

Witnessing His pain

Wanting to know more

Resurrection’s light

Pressing on in faith

Praising all that’s right

Spending time with Him

Eyes fixed on Jesus

Growing in His Word

Liberating us

Completing life’s course

Jesus waiting there

Fulfilling mercy

Answering prayers

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From Philippians 3:20: “But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Love Descending (Elfchen Series #187)

Posted on January 26, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

Deliverance

Foreseeing

Insurmountable force

Against all odds

Trusting in God’s promises

Hope

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Transformation

Surrounding

Darkness surfaces

Never feeling forsaken

Heavenly light breaking through

Peace

Jubilation

Encountering

Stormy seas

By faith alone

Grace delivers blue skies

Joy

Hope Fulfilled (Elfchen Series #184)

Posted on January 5, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

Reflection

Hope’s

Quiet trust

Faith lifted up

Light fortifies tender heart

Song

Reaction

Hope’s

Faithful spirit

Following mercy’s light

Kneeling at Calvary’s cross

Prayer

Restoration

Hope’s

Steadfast love

Watching for light

Faith waits with patience

Redemption

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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.

Drink Deeply

Posted on January 3, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From 1 Corinthians 13:4-5: “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.”

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Walking alone

Thirsty for love

Only darkness

Spirit above

Christ comes to earth

Love so daring

Gospel’s bright light

Filled with caring

Full of patience

Love now reveals

Finding God’s grace

Divine, yet real

Come, drink deeply

Receiving love

Hope grows through faith

Promised above

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

Faith’s Heavenly Sunrise

Posted on December 31, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From Genesis 1:3: “Then God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.”

Horizon always glows

Light penetrates dark skies

Spirit opens hope’s rose

Raising faith to baptize

Daylight shall never bend

Angelic voices praise

Saints welcome every friend

Sharing faith, peace ablaze

Blessed day never ends

Creator’s light feeds all

Love shall always transcend

Taking faith’s righteous call

Every day always bright

Fields golden and ready

Sunlight’s descending flight

Feeding faith, rock-steady

Mercy flowing downstream

Faith’s heavenly sunrise

Eternity’s light beams

Witnessing Savior’s eyes

From Revelation 22:5: “And there will be no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.”

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Marching

Believing

Accepting

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Navigating Troubles

Taking Our Place

Faith’s Lantern

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Deliverance

Transformation

Jubilation

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Reflection

Reaction

Restoration

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