Analysis of Granting Promises



No unbelief had made him waver,
Concerning the promise of God;
But grew in faith in His Savior,
Trusting and honoring to laud.

He gave glory unto the Lord,
Fully convinced God was able;
The promise would not be ignored,
Not to turn into a fable.

His faith counted as righteousness,
The words not written for his sake;
Rather by giving joyousness,
That his heart and soul would awake.

But for us as well who believe,
That Christ as our risen Lord;
In knowing what we will receive,
When we remain in one accord.

He was rescued for our sin,
Raised for our vindication;
Cleansed us where corrupted within,
Redeemed for justification.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme AXAX BCBC DEDE FBFB GHGH A
Poetic Form
Metre 1111110 01001011 11010110 10010011 11101001 10011110 01011101 11101010 11101100 01110111 101101 11101101 11111101 11110101 01011101 11010101 11101101 11100010 11101001 0110010 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 674
Words 142
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 89
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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The Promise Realized Through Faith Romans 4:20-25

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Written on June 16, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on June 15, 2023

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Richard Newton Sherrer

I was born and raised on a farm in Pennsylvania. It was a small family farm that was handed down through 8 generations of Sherrer men until my father; Newton just could not make a living from it any longer. He thought that I would make a better living away from the farm. So, I decided to join the Air Force in 1969 upon graduating from high school. I gained quite a bit of experience and insight on life while in the service. Even though I was only stationed on the east coast of the US, my Air Force career took me to Germany and Korea. After 20 years wearing of the blue uniform, I decided going in a different direction and found myself becoming very diverse in many different fields. Something still seemed missing to me after being separated from the service for about 10 years. The Air Force was a way of life for me, but really missed life in Korea. I found myself changing careers again. Poetry was an interest of his since my days in high school. With returning to the Lord, I felt motivated to write of my Christian beliefs. I started looking at Bible verses and reflecting on my own personal experiences. The Bible was found to be as true today as to when the various books were written. I could see much of what the Bible is teaching us as valid as every in modern time. It felt only natural to me on using his personal experience based on Bible verses and see much of my own life written in the Scriptures. God inspires me what to write about though. I do not claim to be an expert on God or the Bible. I am just a Christian who has become enlightened to write poetic verses from the Holy Scriptures. more…

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