Analysis of Christian Humbleness



Having encouragement in Christ,
Will give you a comfort in love;
Participation be enticed,
From the Holy Spirit thereof.

Complete joy and in the same mind,
With sympathy and affection;
Being in full accord aligned,
Steers you in the right direction.

Let nothing be done through conceit,
But humility count others;
Never try to swindle or cheat,
Rather do good for your brother.

Look not about your own interest,
But the concern of another;
Have this in mind of what you trust,
To please the Heavenly Father.

Though He was in the form of God,
Counted not Himself as equal;
And not stealing honor and laud,
Nor trying to be a rival.

But as the form of a servant,
Being born the likeness of men;
Who was humbled but was fervent,
In preaching time and time again.

He was obedient till death,
Even until death on the cross;
At the time He took His last breath,
For our gain was at His loss.

God has exalted Him highly,
Bestowing His name above all;
A position with dignity,
That each person sweetly enthrall.

For in Christ every knee shall bow,
While every tongue shall confess;
For as the Father did endow,
That He is Lord who we address.

Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer


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Poetic Form
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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,139
Words 213
Sentences 10
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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Christ's Example of Humility Philippians 2:1–11

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Written on October 03, 2021

Submitted by richards.77936 on October 02, 2021

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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