Analysis of Sovereignty



Why does He still find fault?
Who can resist His will?
When our actions not,
For anger to instill.

To answer back to God,
What is molded to say?
For have we become flawed,
Though we trust and obey.

Has the potter no right,
To mold a lump of clay;
To honor and delight,
In a creative way.

An honorable use,
For vessels that were made;
But dishonored abuse,
Not worth for the price paid.

If God wants to show wrath,
To make known His power;
Destruction crosses path,
Like beasts to devour.

The wealth of His glory,
In vessels of mercy;
Bring the judge and jury,
By what He would decree.

For to whom He has called,
Not from only the Jews;
But Pagans who applaud,
Have been allowed to choose.

Those not as His people,
He will call His select;
Now enters His temple,
No longer to reject.

They are now His cherished,
Considered His children;
Sons of God not perished,
For adopting each one.

Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme XAXA XBCB DBDB EFEF GHGH IIII XJCJ KLKL MNMN H
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 110111 110101 110101 110111 111011 111011 111001 101011 110111 110001 000101 110001 110101 101001 111011 111111 111110 010101 111010 011110 010110 101010 111101 111111 111001 11101 110111 111110 111101 110110 110101 111110 010110 111110 101011 10101010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 889
Words 173
Sentences 13
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 72
Words per stanza (avg) 17

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God’s Selection Is Just Romans 9:19-26

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Written on September 06, 2021

Submitted by richards.77936 on September 05, 2021

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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