Analysis of Humbled Christian



Any encouragement in Christ,
Any affection and sympathy;
And comfort from love be enticed,
His Spirit giving empathy.

My joy being in the same mind,
And by being in one accord;
Having the same love to be kind,
Of everything as with the Lord.

Do nothing from selfish deceit,
Through vainglory that causes strife;
But let humility defeat,
For having humbleness in life.

Look not just at your own interest,
But at the interest of others;
Help to be able to invest,
Concerns of sisters and brothers.

Have this in mind be within you,
Which is yours also within Christ;
Take opportunity to construe,
The reason He was sacrificed.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF XGXG HAHA X
Poetic Form
Metre 10010001 100100100 01011101 11010100 11100011 01100101 10011111 1101101 11011001 111101 11010001 110101 11111110 11010110 11110101 01110010 11011011 11110011 10100101 0101110 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 668
Words 139
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 19

About this poem

Christ's Example of Humility Philippians 2:1-5

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Written on November 07, 2022

Submitted by sir_ricky on November 06, 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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