Analysis of Know through Love



Let us love one another,
Because love is from the Lord;
Like your sister and brother,
That they are loved and adored.

To show love you’re born of God,
Not showing love does not know;
A profane heart that is flawed,
Glory to God will not show.

For His love made manifest,
That God sent His only Son;
Enables us to invest,
The salvation that is won.

Not that we have loved the Lord,
He propitiates all sin;
So to be in one accord,
And be purified within.

Beloved, if God has loved us,
We should love one another;
So His glory shines as thus,
Sharing love with each other.

No one has ever seen Him,
But faith will show of His love;
Gladness when things have looked grim,
Shows perfection from above.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB XCXC DEDE BFBF GAGA HIHI A
Poetic Form
Metre 1111010 0111101 1110010 1111001 1111111 1101111 0011111 1011111 111110 1111101 0101101 0010111 1111101 1111 1110101 011001 0111111 1111010 1110111 1011110 1111011 1111111 111111 1010101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 744
Words 168
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) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 82
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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God Is Love 1 John 4:7-12

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Written on November 07, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on November 06, 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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