The New Life



This I say and testify,
That you must no longer walk;
Never trying to deny,
Futility of your talk.

The vanity of your mind,
Darkens your understanding;
In God you become blind,
Of what He is commanding.

For the hardness of your heart,
Becomes callous from the past;
You need to have a new start,
Enabled to ever last.

Avoid your impurity,
That is coming from your greed;
In Christ learn the security,
In asking God what you need.

Assuming that you have heard,
For the truth of what Christ taught;
Start studying of His Word,
For the answers that you sought.

Put off of your former life,
With deceitful desires;
Which were being filled with strife,
That the darkness requires.

Be renewed in the Spirit,
That a new self will create;
For the likeness you merit,
For avoiding an ill-fate.

Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer

About this poem

Living the New Life Ephesians 4:17-24

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Written on August 27, 2021

Submitted by richards.77936 on August 26, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MNMN X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 797
Words 147
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1

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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  • Dougla$Irishman
    Reading the Bible without knowing the Author first can be risky business.
    It is a divine book and could make no sense to the reader !
    My sheep hear my voice and listen and follow me ( verbal )
    The best way is - go to a gospel believing church and hear His Word being preached !
    That's what happened to me in 1956 and still going strong in 2022 !

    John 3 : 16
     
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    • richards.77936
      I am merely a messenger for the Lord in the Word that He has inspired me to write.
      LikeReply1 year ago

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