Big Sky Buckeye

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Salvation’s Destiny

Posted on April 20, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Colossians 2:13-14: “And when you were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive together with Him, when He forgave us all our trespasses, erasing the record that stood against us with its legal demands. He set this aside, nailing it to the cross.”

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Witness faith’s new covenant

Genuine with every breath

Sufficient grace rises free

New life born in Savior’s death

Man’s sins meet at Calvary

Debts paid upon bloody tree

Ledger totally erased

Forgiven, now darkness flees

Father’s predetermined plan

Resurrection breathes with light

Eternal hell defeated

Righteousness stands with White Knight

Never any random act

Salvation’s destiny sown

With Spirit’s redemptive pulse

Seated at Messiah’s throne

Reconciled through Father’s love

Promised truth builds Heaven’s road

Made ambassadors for Christ

Eternity’s quest bestowed

From 2 Corinthians 5:20-21: “So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making His appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ: be reconciled to God. For our sake God made the one who knew no sin to be sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.”

Courage Found

Posted on April 9, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Isaiah 43:19: “I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth; do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”

Be prepared to be surprised

Promises shall be fulfilled

God honors His divine Word

From wilderness, truth rebuilds

Faith’s path to mighty waters

Savior’s life rising from death

Light’s mercy conquers darkness

Resurrection’s living breath

Deliverance from sin’s death

Salvation wipes away tears

Harvest of grace bearing joy

Witness Jesus, He appears

Flesh left at Calvary’s cross

Righteousness offers new road

Christ buys freedom with His blood

Gather love from seeds He sowed

Courage found in Savior’s steps

Invitation to see ahead

Holy Spirit left to guide

Nourished with God’s daily bread

From Psalm 126:5-6: “May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy. Those who go out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, carrying their sheaves.”

Faith’s Beloved Passion (Elfchen Series #236)

Posted on January 24, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Defining

Love

Bethlehem’s gift

Passion’s lasting peace

Witnessed in Messiah’s breath

Proven

Transforming

Faith

Light ahead

Father’s promises fulfilled

Son’s passion at Calvary

Reborn

Uplifting

Hope

Passion’s breath

Scripture speaking truth

Blessed destiny in Christ

Resurrected

Faith’s Foundation (Elfchen Series #235)

Posted on January 17, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Transcended

Witnessing

Empty tomb

Victory, Jesus lives

Hope’s darkness forever vanquished

Light

Promised

Impossible

Calvary’s cross

Crucifixion, death, burial

Meeting along Emmaus Road

Possible

Fulfilled

Believing

Messiah’s Resurrection

Chains forever broken

Enemy’s false assurances shattered

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.

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.”

Gathered Peace (Elfchen Series #221)

Posted on October 11, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

Alone

Overwhelming

Darkness surrounds

Facing numbing trials

Jesus draws ever closer

Grace

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Lost

Seeking

Life’s answers

Wayward miles traveled

Kneeling at Jesus’ feet

Forgiveness

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Found

Transforming

Light ahead

Resurrection’s eternal flame

Chains of transgressions broken

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.

Messiah’s Light

Posted on September 29, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From Isaiah 53:9: “They made his grave with the wicked and his tomb with the rich, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.”

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Born before light breathes

God’s master blueprint

Only darkness exists

Waiting, His Son’s footprint

Sin breathes at Eden

Perfect light shattered

Tomorrow’s harsh darkness

Righteousness now scattered

From garden’s shadows

Bloody cross awaits

Savior’s light journeys on

From heaven’s open gate

God’s people wander

Darkness covers world

Divine plan’s fulfillment

Messiah’s light unfurled

Light moves against sin

Nailed to rugged tree

Every transgression paid

Saving grace sets man free

From Isaiah 53:10: “Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him with affliction. When you make his life an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring and shall prolong his days; through him the will of the Lord shall prosper.”

Share Savior’s Grace

Posted on September 22, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From John 20:19-20: “When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you.’ After He said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.”

Witnessing faithful heart

Soul filling with boldness

Praying to Risen Savior

Transformed from Calvary’s coldness

Flowing from high mountains

Gift of living water

Feeding Jordan’s headwaters

Baptized each son and daughter

Proving mercy conquers death

Christ leads to faith’s rebirth

Walking no more in darkness

Anchored forgiveness at hope’s berth

Hearing “Peace be with you”

Spirit’s power now comes

Bestowing eternal joy

Heard from harmony’s faithful drum

Calling each believer

Go forth, share Savior’s grace

Blessing as He blesses us

Enriched with Resurrection’s embrace

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From Acts 4:32-33: “Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common. With great power the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.”

Precious River

Posted on September 15, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From John 7:37-38: “On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, He cried out, ‘Let anyone who is thirsty come to Me, and let the one who believes in Me drink.’ As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.'”

Resurrection’s eternal light

Enemy’s darkness surrenders

Glory of Christ, forever bright

Holy Spirit’s peace, so tender

Precious river shall always flow

Savior’s grace offers faithful hope

Living water shall never slow

Forgiveness offers mercy’s rope

Come all to witness freedom’s tomb

Believe and each shall receive grace

Light forever shines from this room

Spirit unites this Holy place

From heavenly vision above

Safest harbor rises from dust

Infinite mercy bearing love

Eternity’s river of trust

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From Revelation 22:1-3: “Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month, and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. Nothing accursed will be found there any more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His servants will worship Him.”

Resurrection’s Light

Posted on August 28, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From Philippians 2:1-2: “If, then, there is any comfort in Christ, any consolation from love, any partnership in the Spirit, any tender affection and sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.”

Blessed encouragement

Resurrection’s light beams

Found in Savior Jesus

Redemption runs downstream

Being of same spirit

Heart’s beat filled with His love

Christ teaches righteousness

World finds peace from above

Acceptance of God’s will

Conscience stirs to confirm

Each element born in Christ

Faith’s trust breathes to affirm

Father always at work

Eternal light burns bright

Salvation finds its home

Tomorrow’s hope holds tight

Within every blessing

Enlightened with God’s Way

Holy Spirit defines

Obedience replays

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From Philippians 2:12-13: “Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed me, not only in my presence but much more now in my absence, work on your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.”

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Transforming

Uplifting

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Transcended

Promised

Fulfilled

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Lost

Found

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