Analysis of Missionary Journey



I was made as a disciple,
According to the grace of God;
Through His power to the people,
Convince them to honor and laud.

Though I am the least of the saints,
As this grace was given to preach;
The riches of Christ without constraints,
With knowledge and wisdom to teach.

For everyone to bring to light,
What is the plan of mystery;
Enabled to giving insight,
What God has made through history.

So through the church the manifold,
The wisdom of God be made known;
Rulers and authorities told,
About Heaven upon His throne.

About the eternal purpose,
To realize Christ Jesus is Lord;
Through Him confess any trespass,
And start being in one accord.

For we have boldness and access,
Through our faith with confidence;
For bringing spiritual success,
To make God our precedence.

So I ask you not to lose heart,
Over what you are suffering;
For it is glory to impart,
Having Christ as your buffering.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme AXAX BCBC DEDE FGFG XHXH IJIJ KLKL X
Poetic Form
Metre 11110010 01010111 11101010 01111001 11101101 11111011 010110101 11001011 1101111 11011100 0101101 11111100 1101010 01011111 10001001 01100111 01001010 11011011 1101101 01100101 1111001 11011100 110100001 11110100 11111111 10111100 11110101 10111100 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 945
Words 200
Sentences 8
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 21

About this poem

The Mystery of the Gospel Ephesians 3:7-13

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Written on August 21, 2022

Submitted by sir_ricky on August 20, 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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