Analysis of Love Law



Let us not judge one another,
Put no one at a stumbling block;
As a hindrance to your brother,
Clearing the path where they may walk.

I know and I am persuaded,
In the Lord nothing is unclean;
Arguments can be evaded,
From past distractions that have been.

If your brother grieves what you eat,
You will no longer walk in love;
Offer him a meal with some meat,
That would appeal to him thereof.

Do not destroy Jesus who died,
Let not good spoke of as evil;
Rather let His Spirit abide,
Blocking the lure of the devil.

It is not what you eat or drink,
But righteously for peace and joy;
Heavenly thoughts that you should think,
Rather than hawkish to destroy.

Whosoever is serving Christ,
Will be acceptable to God;
And willing to be sacrificed,
Through worship to honor and laud.

Let us pursue what makes for peace,
And your mutual upbuilding;
So that all destruction will cease,
Any offenses are yielding.

Eat no meat nor drink any wine,
To cause another to stumble;
Keep faith in the Holy Divine,
As you always remain humble.

Whoever doubts God will condemn;
For deviating faith is a sin;
Neither cold nor hot be for them,
Exiled from Heaven therein.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAX XXXC DEDE FGFG HIHI JXJX KBKX LGLG MCMC A
Poetic Form
Metre 11111010 111101001 10101110 10011111 11011010 00110101 10011010 11010111 11101111 11110101 10101111 1101111 11011011 11111110 10111001 10011010 11111111 11001101 10011111 10110101 0101101 11010011 0101110 11011001 11011111 011001 11101011 10010110 11111101 11010110 11001001 1110110 01011101 11001101 10111111 111001 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,201
Words 260
Sentences 10
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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Do Not Cause Another to Stumble Romans 14:13-23

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Written on August 31, 2022

Submitted by sir_ricky on August 30, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:18 min read
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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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