Big Sky Buckeye

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Advent’s Journey

Posted on December 17, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Luke 1:46-47: “And Mary said, ‘My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.'”

Advent’s journey

Following Savior’s star

Walking toward Bethlehem

Nurturing hope from afar

Advent’s patience

Sowing fresh seeds of hope

Harvesting heavenly peace

Grasping eternity’s rope

Advent’s witness

Wrapping faith in God’s Word

Waiting for hope to be born

Seeing prophecy unblurred

Advent’s treasures

Rising without fanfare

Revealing Messiah’s hope

Answering every prayer

Advent’s cleansing

Leaving darkness for light

Replacing man’s sins with hope

Raising redemption forthright

Advent’s glory

Sharing from hope above

Bearing world’s ultimate joy

Believing in Father’s love

From Luke 1:54-55: [Mary continues speaking] “‘He has come to the aid of His child Israel, in remembrance of His mercy, according to the promise He made to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever.'”

Gloria Gaither Quote

Posted on December 1, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

The things that matter the most in this world, they can never be held in our hand.

From Matthew 6:29-31: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

Gloria Gaither (born 1942) is a Christian singer, songwriter, and speaker. She performed with the Bill Gaither Trio from 1965 to 1991.

Union as One (Haiku Series #351)

Posted on November 11, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Linked

Man joined with woman

Sharing love throughout each day—

Breath of daily grace

United

Sun rises each morn

Togetherness in spirit—

Forever in love

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Embraced

Love’s eternal flame

Burning by day as well as night—

Lifetime’s treasured gift

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Monday Memories: Coming Home

Posted on September 1, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

This poem is dedicated to the many lives which have come and gone along the tracks of the Great Northern Railroad from years ago. Perhaps you can feel the living spirit still riding the Empire Builder passenger train across the Hi-Line of Montana.

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Feeling a bit like heaven

Blessed Big Sky, almost home

Paradise spelled as two words

Riding free, spirit’s train roams

Scanning God’s creative touch

Mountains shaped by nature’s hand

Valleys carved out by rivers

Dreaming of this treasured land

Stirring up past memories

Iron horse roaring at top speed

Long ago, been here before

Coming home, spirits now freed

Flashing by Hi-Line’s vast farms

Cropland caresses these tracks

Golden fields of wheat ripen

Waiting for harvest’s comeback

Fading daylight turns to night

Darkness covers Montana’s peace

Town lights twinkle here and there

Thinking back to life’s past lease

Climbing through Marias Pass

Glacier Park saying good-bye

Big Sky’s wonder never fades

Ageless spirit, dropping by

Originally published December, 2020.

Montana Treasures in Song

Posted on July 1, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Tell me of that Treasure State
Story always new,
Tell of its beauties grand
And its hearts so true.
Mountains of sunset fire
The land I love the best,
Let me grasp the hand of one
From out the golden West.

Written by Charles Cohan, lyrics to “Montana.”

Yes, there’s no place like Montana,
The Big Sky country, my home.
A place to set my spirit free,
A Rocky Mountain melody,
These things are a part of me.

Written by Carleen and LeGrande Harvey, lyrics to “Montana Melody.”

Monday Memories: Beyond Compare

Posted on March 17, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From the words of English novelist and poet, Mary Webb: “Nature’s music is never over; her silences are pauses, not conclusions.”

Creation’s wonders, lasting treasures

Beyond compare, by any measure

God’s unique Spirit molds, creates

Earth living as His domain, first-rate

Forests dazzle with matchless beauty

Witness to our Lord’s sacred duty

Animal species roam, some quite rare

Others appear to be everywhere

Distinctive flowers color the land

Their music soothes, like any jazz band

Unequaled majesty reaching high

Rugged mountains climbing to the sky

Creatures with their eccentric pursuits

Actions showing off, fun attributes

Man taking note of what God has done

High praises, He stands second to One

One and only one master designs

Each day, smiling at His nature shrines

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From Genesis 1:29-30: “God said, ‘See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.’ And it was so.”

Originally published October, 2020.