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Monday Memories: Seeking God’s Wisdom

Posted on July 3, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

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The text used for this poem is based upon Proverbs Chapter 10, with the 10th verse taking center stage: “The wise lay up knowledge, but the babbling of a fool brings ruin.”

Seeks God’s wisdom

His words bring wealth

A benevolent father

Welcomes a wise child

Virtue always delivers

Never going hungry

The judicious of heart

Follows the Commandments

Always walks in integrity

Makes for a secure life

Boldly calls out trouble

Brings peace to life

Use righteous words

Builds a fountain of life

Hate stirs up trouble

Love heals our offenses

Craves absorbing wisdom

Ignores a blathering fool

Leads an honorable life

Shuns sinful behaviors

Be prudent when speaking

Uses a blameless tongue

Seeks the Lord’s blessings

Comes in reverent prayer

Follows our heavenly Father

His stronghold protects us

Originally published June, 2019.

Frederick Buechner Quote

Posted on June 4, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.

From Matthew 5:6: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”

Frederick Buechner (1926-2022) was an American pastor, Christian theologian, and author. His writings were published in 39 books, which included several different genres.

Andrew Murray Quote

Posted on April 19, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

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Where there is much prayer, there will be much of the Spirit; where there is much of the Spirit, there will be ever-increasing prayer.

From James 5:15-16: “The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up, and anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.”

Andrew Murray (1828-1917) was a South African Christian pastor, writer, and teacher. He believed that Christians should always place a great emphasis on maintaining a rich, personal devotional life.

Charles Stanley Quote

Posted on April 14, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

Those who realize their days belong to God are careful how they live.

From Ephesians 5:15-17: “Be careful, then, how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. So do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.”

Receiving Fresh Start

Posted on March 26, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From Isaiah 43:2: “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.”

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Storm’s surging rage

Turning away from sin

Transgressions now forgiven

Lighting faith within

Light leads our way

Stirring righteous feelings

Freed from enemy’s facade

Praising truth’s dealings

Living water

Quenching believers’ thirst

God’s glory reigning supreme

Seeing hope dispersed

Every new day

Serving merciful Lord

Countless opportunities

Calling, come aboard

Father’s guidance

Flowing from grace-filled heart

Future course plotted and set

Receiving fresh start

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From Isaiah 43:25: “I alone am the one who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.”

Letting Go

Posted on March 5, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From Lamentations 3:22-23: “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.”

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Growing up with Father

Learning all about life

Encouraged to follow

Living without evil’s strife

Bearing Father’s commands

Nurturing faith each day

Drowned each fleshly desire

Witnessing His grace, let’s pray

Walking in Father’s steps

Surrendering to Him

Sensed righteousness calling

Praising each blessed hymn

Searching for Father’s peace

Letting go, finding love

Gleaned from each steadfast truth

Catching mercy from above

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From Hebrews 5:12-14: “For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic elements of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is unskilled in the word of righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, for those whose faculties have been trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.”

Everlasting Light (Elfchen Series #142)

Posted on March 3, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

Follow

Beholding

God’s Kingdom

Built upon righteousness

Come, receive His peace

Light

Accept

Grace

Unselfishly given

Justified by faith

Always surrounded with Light

Jesus

Witness

Personal

Lenten journey

Walking alongside Jesus

Darkness replaced with Light

Repentance

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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.

Elisabeth Elliot Quote

Posted on March 3, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

It is God to whom and with whom we travel, and while He is the End of our journey, He is also at every stopping place.

From Proverbs 21:21: “Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor.”

Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) was a Christian author and speaker. She and her husband, Jim, spent time as missionaries in Ecuador.

By Faith Alone

Posted on March 1, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From the words of American pastor and Christian author, Charles Swindoll: “When I’m able, by faith, to sense God’s hand in my situation, my attitude will be right.”

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Giving thanks to God

His mighty deeds

Singing with praises

Spirit shall lead

Seeking God’s wisdom

His steadfast hand

Offering mercy

Across this land

Recalling God’s works

His love transforms

Trusting righteousness

Throughout each storm

Praying before God

His sacred Word

Sharing gratitude

Voice always heard

Walking with God’s grace

By faith alone

Keeping his statutes

Life’s firm backbone

Observing God’s strength

Joy singing out

Shaping attitude

Heart never doubts

From Psalm 105:4-5: “Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His presence continually. Remember the wonderful works He has done, His miracles and the judgments He has uttered.”

Monday Memories: Total Surrender

Posted on February 6, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From Romans 6:4: “Therefore we have been buried with Him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.”

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Are we truly walking in Christ?

With a new life, born again

Follow Jesus, He paid our price

True sanctification will come

Only from burial of an old life

Known as “white funeral” to some

Baptized into Christ, the Holy Son

Baptized into His death

With His death, victory is won

Through the confirmed Resurrection

We humbly come to a Holy God

His defining purpose, brings reflection

God is leading, always out front

Facing trying times of adversity

Our duty shall be, always to confront

Come to almighty and loving God

Sanctify a promise with the Father

God’s will be done, by His rod

When Christ forever defeats the Cross

His lasting, living Resurrection offers

“Walking in newness of life,” without loss

To Jesus, surrender these sinful ways

Hear Him, accept Him, follow Him

Ask for His forgiveness, without delay

Mighty God of angel armies leads

His righteousness marches with us

Filling a hungry soul, His Word feeds

Freed from sin, obedient to God

Wages of sin only bring death

Accept Jesus, He overcomes all odds

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From the words of Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher Oswald Chambers: “No one enters the experience of entire sanctification without going through a “white funeral”–the burial of the old life.”

Originally published February, 2020.

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