Big Sky Buckeye

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Directing Our Best

Posted on December 11, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 118:1: “O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His steadfast love endures forever!”

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Giving thanks, praising Father

His enduring, steadfast love

Faith today, hope tomorrow

Embracing grace from above

Kneeling in daily prayer

Father listens with patience

Faith today, hope tomorrow

Transforming our impatience

Taking refuge with Father

His righteousness leads forthwith

Faith today, hope tomorrow

Overcoming evil’s myth

Surrounding witness of light

Father blazes road ahead

Faith today, hope tomorrow

Nourishing with daily bread

Grasping wisdom of Father

Skies no longer full of gray

Faith today, hope tomorrow

Directing our best, His way

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From Psalm 118:24: “This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”

Monday Memories: Accepting His Way

Posted on December 9, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From Romans 6:1-2: “What then are we to say? Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it?”

All have been baptized into Christ

God’s offer of Grace shall abound

Christ suffering death on the Cross

Accepting His way, God’s Word found

Living with God through our Savior

United with Jesus by His death

Walking in goodness of new life

Accepting His way, lasting breath

Escaping life of sin and death

Obedient to God’s commands

Following our righteous Father

Accepting His way, where we stand

Knowing God through His Holy Word

Rescued, no longer slaves to sin

Total devotion to Jesus

Accepting His way, love within

From Romans 6:12-14: “Therefore, do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. No longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.”

Originally published August, 2020.

Joni Eareckson Tada Quote

Posted on December 9, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

Life becomes inspiring, not in spite of the problems and the hard hits, but because of them.

From Galatians 6:9: “So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.”

Joni Eareckson Tada (born 1949) is an American Christian author and radio host. Much of her work has focused on ministry in the disability community. Her life journey is a living testament to this quote.

God’s Answers

Posted on November 17, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 32:8: “I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you.”

Facing today’s darkness

Tomorrow’s light, shrouded

Uncertainty gathers

God’s answers, unclouded

Teaching His righteous ways

Mercy shared from above

Molded by potter’s hands

God’s faithful, steadfast love

Filling future with hope

Spirit, faith’s anchorman

Welfare’s future promised

God’s always fruitful plan

Strengthening character

Darkness fades into light

Heavens eternal voice

God raises faith’s White Knight

Offering redemption

Calvary opens heart

Grace from living waters

Christ blesses new life’s start

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From Jeremiah 29:11: “For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.”

Leighton Ford Quote

Posted on November 13, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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God loves us the way we are, but He loves us too much to leave us that way.

From Hebrews 10:38-39: “But my righteous one will live by faith. My soul takes no pleasure in anyone who shrinks back. But we are not among those who shrink back and so are lost but among those who have faith and so preserve our souls.”

Leighton Ford (born 1931) is a Canadian-born pastor and Christian evangelist. During his fruitful life of ministry and witness, he has enjoyed relationships with other Christian teachers, including Billy Graham.

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.'”

Monday Memories: Called to Sow

Posted on September 30, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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Sower scattering any seed

Wildly without any foresight

God scatters His Word as planned

His aim, truthful in its flight

Called to sow His righteous seeds

Following a living light

Sharing of God’s Holy Word

Walking in Jesus’ delight

These efforts shall bear His fruit

Quenching the rich, fertile ground

God adds the living water

Patient, His trust to be found

Not every seed shall bloom now

Some will lie quiet and wait

Just as a pine cone pauses

Holds seeds for their proper fate

Spreading God’s Word to others

Using our freedom for good

Allowing Spirit to work

Sowing for Him as we should

Sharing love and forgiveness

Lord’s eternal Word aligned

Taking blessed, scattered seeds

Harvesting fruit of all kinds

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From Isaiah 55:10-11: “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there until they have watered the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and succeed in the thing for which I sent it.”

Originally published July, 2020.

Righteousness Feeds Faith

Posted on September 25, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From John 4:23-24: “But the hour is coming and is now here when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

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Wilderness travels

Darkness trembles, taking flight

Father always with thee

Witnessing Savior’s light

Mayhem’s daily noise

Stepping away, seeking peace

Father delivers truth

Savior transforms faith’s lease

Hope flowing with joy

Aligning with Spirit’s heart

Father’s eternal love

Savior’s breath brings fresh start

Cross proclaims mercy

Paying for every debt owed

Father’s unselfish grace

His love paves Savior’s road

Righteousness feeds faith

Bearing Spirit’s timely fruits

From Father’s blessed vine

Savior nurtures each root

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From John 15:7-8: “If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become My disciples.”

Charles Swindoll Quote

Posted on September 25, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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Who of us has not longed for a word from God, searched for a glimpse of His power, or yearned for the reassurance of His presence, only to feel that He seems absent from the moment. Yet later, we realize how very present He was all along.

From Psalm 23:1-3: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake.”

Trusted Guidance

Posted on September 18, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

With element of mystery

Father’s divine plan evolves

Man imprisoned with transgressions

Faithful mercy shall resolve

Always leading with light of hope

Each treasured gift to embrace

Journey fulfills Father’s glory

Righteousness surrounds man’s space

Topped off with Father’s steadfast love

Filled with purpose in His name

Deliverance as He promised

Spirit igniting faith’s flame

Everything shall work together

Father forgives, lifting man up

Justified by faith, through His grace

Sharing His wisdom close-up

Tomorrow’s appointments scripted

Each written in Father’s hand

Choose to follow His Holy Word

Trusted guidance as He planned

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