Beth



How can a man keep himself pure,
By guarding it as to the Word;
Taking heed and merely ignore,
The temptations you may have heard.

With my whole heart I am seeking,
Not to meander from His Law;
For in prayer I will be speaking,
Confession for an evolved flaw.

I have stored His Word in my heart,
That I might not sin against Him;
Continually to impart,
For building up spiritual vim.

Blessings are coming from the Lord,
For He has taught me His statutes;
So I remain in one accord,
Checks and balance of attributes.

For with my lips I do declare,
All the rules that comes from His tongue;
Because I proclaim as to share,
The delightful Law being flung.

I rejoice in His evidence,
To delight as much in His wealth;
That is building up my defense,
Giving me my spiritual health.

I meditate on His precepts,
Fixing my eyes upon His way;
Conformed to all of His concepts,
So I will never go astray.

I will delight in what He taught,
And will never forget His Word;
For everything that I have sought,
Being straight forward and not slurred.

Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer

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Delightful Psalm 119:9-16

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Written on November 07, 2021

Submitted by richards.77936 on November 06, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XAXA BCBC DEDE FGFG HIHI XJXJ KLKL MAMA X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,044
Words 200
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 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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