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Oswald Chambers Quote

Posted on February 13, 2026 by bigskybuckeye

I know that Jesus Christ did not come to teach only: He came to make me what He teaches I should be.

From Colossians 1:9-10: “For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God.”

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.

Embracing Tomorrow

Posted on February 11, 2026 by bigskybuckeye

From James 1:2-5: “My brothers and sisters, whenever you face various trials, consider it all joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance complete its work, so that you may be complete and whole, lacking in nothing. If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.”

Trusting with confidence

Facing life’s many trials

Testing of faith endures

Patience studies each mile

God supplies every tool

His wisdom offers light

Faith strengthened every day

Removing doubts each night

Leaving evil’s darkness

Rising sun brings great joy

Receiving peace through grace

Richness in truth deploys

Temptation’s breath withers

Forgiveness brings fresh start

Every chain now broken

Filling hope in one’s heart

Persevering each day

Walking with Christ above

Embracing tomorrow

Submission tastes His love

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From James 1:12: “Blessed is anyone who endures temptation. Such a one has stood the test and will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love Him.”

With Single Voice

Posted on February 5, 2026 by bigskybuckeye

Conflict’s illumination

Breathing at darkened crossroads

Competing sides debate

Feuding over each thought sowed

Wisdom arrives with patience

Lowering volume through grace

Pausing time to listen

Slowing down rhetoric’s pace

Conflict’s common ground merges

Finding compromise through peace

Hearing words of reason

Solving puzzle’s missing piece

Wisdom empowers new day

Offering one blessed choice

Walking together now

Gathering with single voice

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Measuring Every Word

Posted on February 1, 2026 by bigskybuckeye

From Proverbs 16:22: “Wisdom is a fountain of life to one who has it, but folly is the punishment of fools.”

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Wisdom’s fountain of life

Vision of Christ unblurred

Blessing days without strife

Measuring every word

Wisdom’s voice fills each mind

Left hand joins truth of right

Maturing faith aligned

Cascading from Christ’s light

Wisdom’s appetite knows

Joy in Christ, never cease

Sowing hope’s seeds, trust flows

Reaping from fields of peace

Wisdom’s patience merging

Just as Father hath planned

Witnessing strength surging

Reaching out from Christ’s hand

Wisdom’s honest sweetness

Christ transforms man’s blindness

Filling life’s completeness

Building grace of kindness

From Proverbs 16:24: “Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.”

Oswald Chambers Quote

Posted on February 1, 2026 by bigskybuckeye

If our common sense decisions are not God’s order, He will press them and check; then we must be quiet and wait for the direction of His presence.

From Isaiah 40:31: “But those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”

Charles Stanley Quote

Posted on January 11, 2026 by bigskybuckeye

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When you pray in Jesus’ name, God will transform your prayer life by turning uncertainty into confidence and confusion into the wisdom to know His will.

From Romans 8:26-27: “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with groanings too deep for words. And God, who searches hearts, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.”

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

Unwavering Journey

Posted on January 4, 2026 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 3:3-4: “But you, O Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head. I cry aloud to the Lord, and He answers me from His holy hill.”

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Shoring up man’s wisdom

Stepping forward to serve

Giving generously

From heavens, God observes

Walking daily with God

Sharing peace from His love

Receiving blessed grace

Mercy breathes from above

Facing adversity

Believing in God’s Word

Unwavering journey

Hope deepens from faith stirred

Writing faith’s divine plan

Fulfilling every page

Forgiving sin’s darkness

Christ’s light takes center stage

From Acts 13:23-25: “Of this man’s posterity God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as He promised; before His coming John had already proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. And as John was finishing his work, he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not He. No, but One is coming after me; I am not worthy to untie the strap of the sandals on His feet.’”

Monday Memories: Just in Case

Posted on December 29, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From James 4:6: “But He gives all the more grace; therefore it says, ‘God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.'”

Our Creator’s divine plan

Offers fullest, living grace

Giving patience, just in case

When running life’s anxious race

Our Lord shares forgiveness

Relationships need healing

Forgiving sin, just in case

When each day seems freewheeling

Heaven’s Father, sharing peace

Imperfect lives needing change

Trimming each branch, just in case

When roaming lost on God’s range

God shares His timely wisdom

From Heaven, He sees us fall

Touching our hand, just in case

When we need His hope-filled call

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From John 15:1-2: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit He prunes to make it bear more fruit.”

Originally published January, 2021.

Following Jesus

Posted on December 3, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 34:4-5: “I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Look to him, and be radiant, so your faces shall never be ashamed.”

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Reading Father’s Word

Answers come to thee

Praising from heart’s depths

Darkness at last flees

Filling hope’s goodness

Father shares His grace

Nourishing with love

Wisdom to embrace

Walking with Father

His righteousness speaks

Directing each step

Enemy now meek

Praying for guidance

Father bends earth’s light

Sending Christ to lead

Mercy taking flight

Following Jesus

Faith’s journey brightens

Choosing Him each day

His peace enlightens

From John 5:20-21: “The Father loves the Son and shows Him all that He Himself is doing, and He will show Him greater works than these, so that you will be astonished. Indeed, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever He wishes.”

Inquisitive Sketches (Haiku Series #352)

Posted on November 18, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Out of Juice

College paper due

Burning midnight’s precious oil—

Overwhelmed with zzz’s

Filled with Artifacts

Family heirlooms

Home resembles museum—

Endless dusting chores

Spring of Wisdom

Understanding life

Proverbs of Renaissance man—

Absorbing his light

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Out of Juice

Filled with Artifacts

Spring of Wisdom

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