Big Sky Buckeye

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Love’s Highest Prize

Posted on August 20, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From 1 Corinthians 13:4-7: “Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable; it keeps no record of wrongs;it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”

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Father smiles from above

Witnessing two people in love

Man sees sparkle in her eyes

Sharing heart, love’s necktie

Woman gifting her heart

Cherishing love’s treasured start

Tomorrow’s outlook brightens

Feeling love’s reins tighten

Spirit joins together

Fashioning love’s tether

Marriage vows expressing love

Walking with Christ above

Love’s most tender flower

Flourishing with every hour

Spirit’s eternal imprint

Sealing love’s fingerprint

Love maturing as one

Praising choices in God’s Son

Father blessing love’s fresh start

Bringing grace to each heart

New day welcomes sunrise

Affirming love’s highest prize

What wondrous love now received

Trusting what Father conceived

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This poem comes from the hearts of two people who discovered each other nearly 20 years ago. With our faith nourished by God’s grace, He continues to walk with both of us.

— Richard and Colleen

Love’s Precious Breath (Elfchen Series #262)

Posted on August 15, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Discovery

Receiving

Lord’s calling

Trusting His Word

Journey filled with blessings

Strength

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Transformation

Embracing

Lord’s righteousness

Strengthening spiritual muscles

Faith built upon truth

Persistence

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Passage

Accepting

Lord’s assurances

Persisting through grace

Light witnessed at Calvary

Promises

Seeking Direction

Posted on August 13, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From James 1:5: “If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.”

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Life’s distant horizon

Questions sometimes remain

Seeking direction from God

His Word opens wisdom’s lane

Tomorrow’s shadows wait

Doubts filling empty heart

Nourishing grace sustains faith

God’s wisdom offers fresh start

From waves of churning seas

Promised answers shall rise

Embracing God’s blessed love

Wisdom colors daily skies

More struggles shall arrive

Faith’s endurance shares light

Trusting to always just ask

God’s wisdom remaining bright

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From the words of American Christian writer, John Eldredge: “Notice that we must ask. And we will sometimes struggle to hear and struggle with what we hear. But personally, it’s worth it. I’m after the path of life–and He alone knows it.”

Charles Stanley Quote

Posted on August 13, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

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We must be careful not to judge our situations by appearance, because what seems insignificant to us may be very important in God’s eyes.

From Proverbs 19:21: “The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.”

Charles Stanley (1932-2023) was an American pastor and Christian writer. He was dedicated to leading a teaching ministry.

New Life in Christ

Posted on August 10, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Colossians 3:1-2: “So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth.”

Resurrection’s breath

Eternal truth above

Joining hands with Savior

His light calls out with love

Good Shepherd’s clear voice

Every lamb follows Him

Praising new life in Christ

Journey no longer grim

Today’s stumbling steps

Faith’s imperfect avenue

Revealing Christ’s mercy

Spirit carries one through

Clothed in righteousness

Forgiven of one’s sins

Accepting Savior’s grace

Heaven’s joy, hope shall win

Trust welcomes Christ’s Word

Darkness leaving each heart

Tasting His peace at last

Eternity’s fresh start

From Colossians 3:17: “And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.”

Oswald Chambers Quote

Posted on August 9, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

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God instructs us in what we choose, that is, He guides our common sense, and we no longer hinder His Spirit by continually saying–“Now Lord, what is Thy will?”

From Psalm 25:14: “The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear Him, and He makes his covenant known to them.”

Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was a Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher. Following his death from an illness while in Egypt during World War I, his wife took on the task of transcribing the detailed notes she had written from his lectures and sermons. Gertrude Hobbs Chambers’ efforts resulted in the publication in 1924 of MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST. I frequently read from this devotional, and it has greatly deepened my faith and understanding of God’s Word.

Richard J. Foster Quote

Posted on August 4, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

When we genuinely believe that inner transformation is God’s work and not ours, we can put to rest our passion to set others straight.

From Isaiah 55:8-9: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

Richard J. Foster (born 1942) is an American author and Christian theologian.

Oswald Chambers Quote

Posted on August 3, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

The one thing that keeps us from the possibility of worrying is bringing God in as the greatest factor in our calculations.

From Psalm 37:5: “Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act.”

John Eldredge Quote

Posted on August 1, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.

From John 10: 28-30: “I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, in regard to what He has given Me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them out of the Father’s hand. The Father and I are one.”

John Eldredge (born 1960) is an American author, counselor, and lecturer on Christianity. More details are available on his website: wildatheart.org.

A. W. Tozer Quote

Posted on July 23, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

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In almost everything that teaches our everyday life on earth, God is pleased when we’re pleased. He wills that we be as free as birds to soar and sing our maker’s praise without anxiety.

From Isaiah 43:1-2: “But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine. 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.“

Aiden Wilson (A. W.) Tozer (1897-1963) was an American pastor and Christian author. He served as spiritual mentor for many Christians.

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