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Monday Memories: Passing the Torch

Posted on September 18, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

man wearing gray and brown hat with eyeglasses

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Watching Saturday’s unhurried sunrise

Feeling gratefulness, spirit shall arise

Being retired, life moves at much slower pace

Realizing, there’s no need to win life’s race

Remembering grandfathers, crisp and clear

Teaching life lessons, steady and sincere

Growing up, learning from their example

Tasting life with every new sample

Loving family, with kindness and care

Treating marriage, with love beyond compare

Passing on wisdom, making good choices

Sitting here now, hearing cherished voices

Accepting their torch, these years move along

Being a grandfather, where love belongs

Filling up life, grandchildren sharing love

Joining other grandfathers, fits like a glove

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Originally published April, 2020. Edited September, 2023.

Charles Stanley Quote

Posted on September 17, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

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Our greatest impact on this earth comes from loving and serving others–as Jesus did.

From Galatians 5:13-14: “For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters, only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become enslaved to one another. For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'”

George Whitefield Quote

Posted on September 11, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

Christ is worth all, or He is worth nothing.

From John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may not perish but may have eternal life.”

George Whitefield (1714-1770) was an English-born pastor and Christian evangelist. He spent the second half of his life in the American colonies.

Joseph Joubert Quotes

Posted on September 9, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) was a French moralist and essayist. Most of his writings were published following his death.

Monday Memories: One on One

Posted on August 28, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From American theologian, Fulton J. Sheen: “God does not love us because we are valuable. We are valuable because God loves us.”

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God’s eternal love seeks

Intimate relationships

No longer standing back

Feeling love as He speaks

Our Lord loves each of us

Stepping forward with faith

Accepting His sincere truth

Our God, never to mistrust

When darker times arrive

Opening hearts to our Lord

Never to feel forsaken

Trusting, abiding, alive

Our Father always cares

Hearing faithful prayers

Watching trusting steps

Feeling moments of despair

Flowing from Heaven above

To a stable’s manger

Witnessing from a cruel Cross

God’s Grace delivers His love

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From John 15:8-9: “My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become My disciples. As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you; abide in My love.

Originally published March, 2020.

Outcomes of Faithfulness (Elfchen Series #165)

Posted on August 25, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

Life’s Journey

Walking

God’s highway

Taking His way

Now becoming our way

Devotedness

Blessed Saints

Following

Christ’s example

Breathing with perseverance

Surrounded with countless witnesses

Steadfastness

With Us Always

Accepting

Father’s discipline

Tested by trials

Feeling His unwavering love

Righteousness

Steadfast Love

Posted on August 2, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 86:5: “For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on You.”

Life’s dark times gathering

Rolling in, blackest clouds

Walking in strength, with God

Steadfast hope flows unbowed

Troubles waiting ahead

Surrounding voices’ noise

Praying to God above

Steadfast mercy deploys

Stormy seas crashing down

Sailing through darkest days

Feeling safe in God’s hands

Steadfast faith finds His way

Evil setting its trap

Tempting with sinful fate

Trusting God, breaking free

Steadfast goodness checkmates

Alone, feeling afraid

Searching for safest place

Hearing God, calling thee

Steadfast love, full of grace

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From Psalm 86:15: “But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.”

Gift of Family

Posted on July 30, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From Proverbs 19:21: “The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.”

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Gift of family unfolds

Relationships healthy and blessed

God’s love covers this home

Leading this grace-filled nest

Imperfections reverse tide

Frustrations fill with discontent

God witnesses each tear

Reshaping what is meant

Time healing deepest trauma

Days, weeks—sometimes months travel by

God breathes, never silent

Wiping every tear dry

Faith speaks, better days ahead

Hope generates from cherished love

God welcomes members home

Blessing life from above

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From Joshua 24:15: “Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living, but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

Charles Swindoll Quote

Posted on July 30, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

Never give your family the leftovers and crumbs of your time.

From Psalm 90:12: “So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart.”

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Life’s Journey

Blessed Saints

With Us Always

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