Analysis of Fathered Discipline



Consider who endured sinners,
That you may not grow faint-hearted;
For fathers are discipliners,
So wrongdoings are departed.

Because your struggle against sin,
Unto blood, you do not resist;
Because the lack of discipline,
From the temptations that exist.

You forgot the exhortation,
Addressing you as His child;
Which is an abomination,
Of someone that has gone wild.

The Lord disciplines out of love,
Chastises sons and daughters;
Receiving it from up above,
Punishing in troubled waters.

It is discipline to endure,
The Father treating a child;
For not resisting of the lure,
From temptation that defiled.

If left without the discipline,
You would be illegitimate;
And you will continue to sin,
In which would be sealing your fate.

We have earthly fathers to see,
Our behavior we respect;
Confessions in prayer make us be,
Admitting to our neglect.

They discipline for a short time,
That we share in His holiness;
Reminding us of our crime,
Because of the love and to bless.

Discipline has a little pain,
Rather than a pleasant feeling;
But righteousness yields to reign,
As the fruit is more appealing.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDED EFEF GAGA HFHB EXCX IJIJ KXKX LMLM X
Poetic Form
Metre 01010110 11111110 11011 10101010 01110011 10111101 01011100 10010101 101010 0101111 1110010 111111 01100111 0101010 01011101 10001010 11100101 0101001 11010101 101011 11010100 1110100 01101011 01111011 11101011 10010101 01001111 01011001 11001011 11101100 01011101 01101011 10010101 10101010 1100111 10111010 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,156
Words 234
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) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 19

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Do Not Grow Weary Hebrews 12:3-11

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Written on December 16, 2022

Submitted by sir_ricky on December 15, 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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