Analysis of God Given Tasks



What gain has man from his toil,
What profit comes from his labor;
Before they are used, they spoil,
Without sharing with his neighbor.

I have seen what God has given,
To the sons and daughters of man;
Blessings that flow down from Heaven,
That the Lord has within His plan.

He made beautiful in its time,
Eternity into your heart;
Attempting to block out the crime,
That darkness trying to impart.

We never find what God has done,
From the beginning to the end;
Having salvation to be won,
Because we usually offend.

I think there is nothing better,
To do good as long as we live;
Being joyful to the letter,
With confession, He will forgive.

So eat and drink to take pleasure,
All labor is a gift of God;
Accomplishments you can treasure,
In giving Him honor and laud.

I know whatever God has done,
He did to endure forever;
As your revering has begun,
Through all that you will endeavor.

That which has been and is now,
And everything, as to, shall be;
God does seek the past to endow,
Revealing as to what we see.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF CGCG BXBX BXBX CBCB HIHI B
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111 11011110 0111111 01101110 11111110 10101011 10111110 10110111 11100011 01000111 01011101 11010101 11011111 10010101 10010111 011100001 11111010 11111111 10101010 10101101 11011110 11010111 01001110 01011001 1110111 11101010 11010101 11111010 1111011 0101111 11101101 01011111 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,065
Words 235
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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Enjoy Life in the Present Ecclesiastes 3:9-15

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Written on July 08, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on July 07, 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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