Analysis of Salutations



I give thanks to our God,
For you because of His grace;
That we will honor and laud,
As Christ Jesus will embrace.

You were enriched in each way,
In speech, knowledge, wisdom;
That lets you trust and obey,
Praising Him in His Kingdom.

And through Christ to testify,
Among you that has sustained;
No one can ever deny,
The salvation that you obtained.

You are lacking any gift,
As you wait for the return;
Of our Lord to uplift,
The Inheritance you earn.

He sustains you in the end,
Guiltless and blameless that day;
For the Lord will be your friend,
That you can trust and obey.

For God is faithful and just,
In the fellowship with Christ;
That you can put faith and trust,
On whom had been sacrificed.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme XAXA BCBC DEDE FGFG HBHB IJIJ X
Poetic Form
Metre 1111101 1101111 1111001 1110101 1001011 011010 1111001 1010110 011110 0111101 1111001 00101101 1110101 1111001 1101110 0010011 1011001 1001011 1011111 1111001 1111001 001011 1111101 111110 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 749
Words 166
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 83
Words per stanza (avg) 19

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Thanksgiving 1 Corinthians 1:4-9

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Written on January 18, 2023

Submitted by sir_ricky on January 17, 2023

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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