Analysis of Humbled Christians



If there is an encouragement,
The involvement of the Spirit;
To love feeling affectionate,
Comfortable in your merit.

My joy is pure in one accord,
Having the same in heart and mind;
Having the same love as the Lord,
Being like-minded and refined.

Stop any selfish ambition,
Causing you vainglory or strife;
Giving the Lord recognition,
Everything that you do in life.

Be humble in your mind and heart,
Consider not any conceit;
Having a newness you can start,
Being open with deceit.

Look not every man what they own,
Think of the interests of others;
Tell them that they are not alone
Assist on the strife that bothers.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


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Poetic Form
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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 666
Words 138
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 19

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Christ's Example of Humility Philippians 2:1-4

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Written on October 07, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on October 06, 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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