Big Sky Buckeye

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Father’s Comforting Heart

Posted on November 13, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From Isaiah 49:13: “Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the Lord has comforted His people and will have compassion on His suffering ones.”

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Peace rises above

Father’s comforting hand

Over every high mountain

Answers cover distant lands

Love rises above

Father’s comforting sense

Compassion lifts up each saint

Answers come to one’s defense

Hope rises above

Father’s comforting voice

Light eradicates darkness

Answers offer trusted choice

Joy rises above

Father’s comforting grace

Every storm becomes quiet

Answers which all should embrace

Grace rises above

Father’s comforting heart

Discipleship feeds spirit

Answers sustain faith’s restart

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From the words of American Christian writer, Lettie B. Cowman: “Put your hand into the hand of God. He gives the calmness and serenity of heart and soul.”

Hope Kept Alive

Posted on November 6, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From Isaiah 12:2: “Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and will not be afraid, for the Lord is my strength and my might; He has become my salvation.”

Resurrection revives

Eternal light reigns

Hope kept alive

God ordains

Holy Spirit active

Righteousness ahead

Faith proactive

Hope now fed

Love of Jesus rising

His power so high

Grace devising

Hope’s bright sky

God’s message never fails

Peace descends with hope

Journey’ trusted trail

Grasp His rope

Redemption’s light arrives

Promised by God’s Word

Hope kept alive

Faith’s password

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From Romans 15:13: “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”

Vanishing (Haiku Series #301)

Posted on November 5, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

Flickering

Positive outlook

Autumn’s gift of timely peace—

Every falling leaf

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Scattering

Autumn’s final days

Cascading colors of leaves—

Playing its swan song

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Remembering

Fragile leaf dropping

Barren forest standing still—

Autumn says, “So long”

Fellowship’s Refreshment (Elfchen Series #224)

Posted on November 1, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

Peace

Singing

Worship hymns

Praising Father above

In His Holy name

Gathering

Love

Gathering

Congregation’s joy

Honoring Father’s Word

Faith nourished with grace

Blessing

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Faith

Blessing

One Body

Father’s welcoming place

Uniting voices with hope

Togetherness

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Faith’s Cornerstone

Posted on October 9, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From Isaiah 30:15: “For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”

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Father looks upon His design

His perfection draws each detail

Filling darkness with trusted light

Faith now strengthens, no longer frail

Father molds mercy’s truth to shine

His promises to be fulfilled

Sending Shepherd, care for His flock

Faith’s cornerstone, set to rebuild

Father plans enemy’s demise

His victory shall bring glory

Witnessing Teacher’s lesson plans

Faith refreshed with every story

Father pulls strings of righteousness

His forgiving love offers hope

Wiping away sin’s endless debt

Faith grips Savior’s eternal rope

Father calls out from Calvary

His boldness breathes with quiet might

Offering life through Jesus Christ

Faith’s peace, rising on heaven’s flight

From Isaiah 30:20-21: “Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide Himself any longer, but your eyes shall see your Teacher. And when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left, your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.'”