Analysis of Exhorting Blessings



Encourage one another,
Build up as you are doing;
For your sister and brother,
Whatever they’re pursuing.

Respect those who do labor,
In the Lord to admonish;
Peace in love for your neighbor,
Help what they will accomplish.

I urge you to admonish,
But be patient with them all;
Encourage those who anguish,
Pick them up after they fall.

Comfort the timid and the weak,
Be patient with everyone;
Guiding of those who may seek,
Unto the light of the Son.

Pay none evil for evil,
But in doing what is good;
Avoid works of the devil,
Remembering as Christ would.

Copyright © 2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB ACAC CDCD EFEF GHGH A
Poetic Form
Metre 0101010 1111110 1110010 101010 0111110 0011010 1011110 1111010 1111010 1110111 0101110 1111011 10010001 110110 1011111 1001101 1110110 1010111 0111010 0100111 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 606
Words 132
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 78
Words per stanza (avg) 18

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Instructions and Benediction 1 Thessalonians 5:11–15

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Written on January 04, 2024

Submitted by richardnsherrer on January 03, 2024

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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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