Analysis of Godly Love



We dwell in Him and He in us,
He has given us His Spirit;
We saw and testified as thus,
About what we will inherit.

The Father has sent us His Son,
To be the Savior of this place;
Erasing of what we have done,
Providing His mercy and grace.

Whoever confesses that Christ,
Jesus is the real Son of God;
The reason He was sacrificed,
On your knees to honor and laud.

We have come to know and believe,
What God has for us is His love;
By abiding in Him we receive,
Salvation from Him up above.

By this is the love perfected,
So that we may have confidence;
And that we are not rejected,
On Judgment Day for acceptance.

Because there is no fear in love,
Since perfect love will cast out fear;
Because fear has torment thereof,
And obedience to revere.

Whoever fears does not have love,
For we love since He first loved us;
Since His love flows down from above,
Since His judgment is fair and just.

Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EXEX FGFG XHXH GIGI GAGX X
Poetic Form
Metre 11010101 11101110 1101011 01111010 01011111 11010111 01011111 01011001 01001011 10101111 0101110 11111001 11111001 11111111 101001101 01011101 11101010 11111100 01111010 11011010 01111101 10111111 011111 00100101 01011111 11111111 11111101 11101101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 941
Words 214
Sentences 8
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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Knowing God through Love 1 John 4:13–19

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Written on February 01, 2024

Submitted by richardnsherrer on January 31, 2024

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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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