Analysis of Ministry Goal



I rejoice in my suffering,
In my flesh I in what I lack;
For Jesus is my buffering,
From all of the toil and flack.

I had become a messenger,
For the stewardship of the Lord;
And in being a passenger,
On the vessel of one accord.

For I make His Word fully known,
Of the mystery of ages;
So you will confess to atone,
From all of your rants and rages.

Hidden for many generations,
But now revealed unto His saints;
Manifest for new relations,
Through Jesus Christ without restraints.

To whom God chose to make aware,
The glory of the mystery;
And all the riches He will share,
Of the hope throughout history.

I give warning to each of you,
Teaching everyone the wisdom;
That you may mature what is true,
About entering His Kingdom.

For this, I labor and toil,
With the energy He provides;
Planting the seeds in your soil,
So that each one of us abides.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EXEX FGFG HIHI JKJK LMLM C
Poetic Form
Metre 10101100 01110111 11011100 1110101 11010100 1010101 00100100 10101101 11111101 10100110 11101101 11111010 10110010 11011011 1011010 11010101 11111101 01010100 01010111 10101100 11101111 1010010 11101111 01100110 1111001 10100101 1001011 11111101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 898
Words 201
Sentences 8
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 87
Words per stanza (avg) 21

About this poem

Ministry to the Church Colossians 1:24-29

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Written on August 03, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on August 02, 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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