Analysis of Speaking to God



Continue steadfastly in prayer,
Watchful in it with thanksgiving;
With others continue to share,
For any wrongs be forgiving.

Withal praying also for us,
That God may open a new door;
Declaring mysteries as thus,
For any ailments that can cure.

That my manifest is made clear,
In which is how I ought to speak;
With a sound mind that I revere,
The answers from God that I seek.

Walk in wisdom toward outsiders,
Making the best use of the time;
That they become good providers,
Not resort to a life of crime.

Let your speech always be gracious,
Seasoned with salt that you may know;
Never for sounding audacious,
Rather with grace and humbled glow.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CXCX DEDE FGFG CHCH X
Poetic Form
Metre 0101001 1001110 11001011 11011010 1101011 11110011 01010011 11010111 1110111 01111111 10111101 01011111 101001010 10011101 11011010 10110111 1111110 10111111 10110010 10110101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 692
Words 146
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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Pray for the Success Colossians 4:2–6

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Written on April 29, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on April 28, 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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