Analysis of A Holy Life Call



Prepare your mind for action,
Setting your hope fully on grace;
Let Heaven be your attraction,
Rather than things here that take place.

The disclosure of Jesus Christ,
Revelation to the child;
Not conforming to what enticed,
The passions that had defiled.

The former lusts of ignorance,
No longer calls to you only;
Rather by calling repentance,
For your conduct to be holy.

You shall be holy just as Christ,
Calling on God as your Father;
Judged impartially sacrificed,
In calling Jesus as Brother.

You were saved from futile ways,
As a ransomed inheritance;
That has set your old self ablaze,
When confession brings repentance.

The blood of Christ as of the lamb,
And pure without blemish or spot;
Sacrificed by the Great I AM,
The cost of sin that had been bought.

He was before the foundation,
Of the world was made manifest;
As the means to give salvation,
Unto those who have been confessed.

Who through Him that are believers,
That God had raised Him from the dead;
Faith and hope are to the receivers,
Through the Father, glory is fed.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CXCC DEDE CFCF GDGD HIHI AJAJ KLKL F
Poetic Form
Metre 0111110 10111011 11011010 10111111 00101101 010101 10101101 010111 01011100 11011110 10110010 11011110 11110111 10111110 1010010 01010110 1011101 1010100 11111101 10101010 01111101 01011011 1010111 01111111 11010010 1011110 10111010 10111101 11111010 11111101 101110010 10101011 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,091
Words 228
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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Called to Be Holy 1 Peter 1:13-21

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Written on August 06, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on August 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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