Analysis of Remain with God



I am writing these things to you,
About those who try to deceive;
Seducing with what is not true,
Twisting facts to make you believe.

The anointing that you received,
No need to hear what others teach;
Your faith remains what you believed,
What the hand of the Lord does reach.

Anointing teaches you about,
What is the truth and does not lie;
Just as it taught you not to doubt,
For making you to question why.

Abide in Him when He appears,
That we may have the confidence;
Not to shrink from the shame or fears,
In your having a good conscience.

If you know that He is righteous,
In Him righteousness has been born;
Ensured everyone who would practice,
Righteousness where they do sojourn.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IXIX X
Poetic Form
Metre 11101111 01111101 01011111 10111101 011101 11111101 11011101 10110111 110101 11010111 11111111 11011101 01011101 11110100 11110111 01100110 11111110 01100111 01101110 10011110 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 735
Words 156
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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Children of God 1 John 2:26-29

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Written on October 18, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on October 17, 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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