Analysis of Ministry Destination



I rejoice in my suffering,
As I fill up with afflictions,
Knowing that Christ is buffering,
For the sake of your convictions.

I became a poet God gave,
A stewardship that would dispense;
An opportunity to save,
So your repentance would commence.

The mystery hid for ages,
But being revealed to the saints;
At a time when chaos rages,
people no longer have restraints.

To them, God chose in making known,
The glory of this mystery;
Among the Gentiles alone,
The wealth of glory through history.

We proclaim warning everyone,
Teaching everyone of wisdom;
Becoming mature in the Son,
Ready to enter His Kingdom.

For this, I toil and labor,
Struggling with powerful deeds;
By helping each of my neighbor,
In meeting their spiritual needs.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD XEXE FGFG HIHI JKJK J
Poetic Form
Metre 10101100 11111010 10111100 10111010 10101011 0101101 1010011 11010101 01001110 11001101 10111010 10110101 11110101 01011100 010101 011101100 1011010 1010110 01001001 10110110 1111010 10011001 11011110 010110001 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 780
Words 160
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 19

About this poem

Ministry to the Church Colossians 1:24-29

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Written on January 19, 2023

Submitted by sir_ricky on January 18, 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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