Analysis of An Approved Worker



I remind you of these things,
And charging you before God;
As to what a quarrel brings,
Causing hearers to be flawed.

Do your best in front of God,
Study to show how He approves;
Giving Him honor and laud,
Enticement as one removes.

You need not to be ashamed,
To handle the word of truth;
Knowing the truth is proclaimed,
Remembering since your youth.

Shun profane and vain babble,
For it will mislead people;
Leaving gibberish gabble,
Godlessness in the temple.

Talk will spread like a gangrene,
Words that eat as a canker;
Quarrels that would be unclean,
Inflate to become ranker.

Who erred concerning the truth,
The resurrection is past;
Upset faith of the uncouth,
And overthrowing it fast.

The foundation of God stands,
Firm while bearing His seal;
Being shielded by His hands,
And comforted through His zeal.

The Lord knows those who are His,
Are named with the name of Christ;
Being a spiritual whiz,
Evil will not be enticed.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAC BDCD EFEF GGGG HIHI FJFJ KLKL MNMN I
Poetic Form
Metre 1011111 0101011 1110101 1010111 1110111 10111101 1011001 0101101 1111101 1100111 1001101 0100111 1010110 1110110 101001 10010 1111010 1111010 1011101 0110110 1101001 001011 0111011 010011 0010111 111011 1010111 0100111 0111111 1110111 10010001 1011101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 982
Words 209
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 86
Words per stanza (avg) 19

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A Worker Approved by God 2 Timothy 2:14-19

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Written on March 16, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on March 15, 2022

Modified on March 05, 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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