We must walk in our calling - v3

 
The world needs us, each of us, all of us,
We are part of God's plan for redemption,
We must walk in our calling, our purpose,
We must stand in the breach, the gap,
in the gate, for a time such as this.
 
We must fulfill our purpose
God's calling, His commission,
We must share the good news
We must offer others Jesus,
our Savior, if we will accept Him.
 
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Edited January 13, 2024
We must walk in our calling – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/we-must-walk-in-our-calling-v3.html
&
January 13, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4737613809652812/
&
January 12, 2022
Each day is God’s gift
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/each-day-is-gods-gift.html
written as I was watching a Max Lucado
Facebook message today
&
edited January 12, 2022
We must walk in our calling – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/we-must-walk-in-our-calling-v2.html
January 12, 2022
We must walk in our calling
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/we-must-walk-in-our-calling.html
edited January 12, 2022
strive into your calling – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/strive-into-your-calling-v2.html
edited January 12, 2022
strive into your calling
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/strive-into-your-calling.html
January 12, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/343150586366899/posts/894704097878209/
&
January 11, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4731113930302800/
&
January 10, 2022
striving into our calling
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/striving-into-our-calling.html
January 10, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4728305977250262/
&
edited January 9, 2022
capturing bits of gossamer – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v4.html
edited January 8, 2022
capturing bits of gossamer – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v3.html
edited January 8, 2022
capturing bits of gossamer – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v2.html
January 8, 2022
capturing bits of gossamer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer.html
January 8, 2022
Out of chaos, a calling
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/out-of-chaos-calling.html
merged January 8, 2022
Order my steps – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/order-my-steps-v3.html
January 8, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4722797944467732/
&
edited January 7, 2022
Order my steps – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/order-my-steps-v2.html
January 7, 2022
Order my steps
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/order-my-steps.html
edited January 7, 2022
still my spirit – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/still-my-spirit-v2.html
January 7, 2022
set goals before you
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/set-goals-before-you.html
January 7, 2022
Live on purpose
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/live-on-purpose.html
January 7, 2022
still my spirit
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/still-my-spirit.html
January 7, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4719988754748651/
January 6, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4716871001727093/
“How to walk daily purposefully in our purpose on purpose...
1. Remember our vision...👓
2. Review our goals 🥅
3. Make a list 📜
4. Begin in prayer 🙏🏿”
&
January 6, 2022
Keep praying
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/keep-praying.html
Matthew 7:7-8 AMP
edited January 6, 2022
Discerning our path – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/discerning-our-path-v2.html
January 5, 2022
Discerning our path
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/discerning-our-path.html
January 5, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4713899988690861/
“S.M.A.R.T. goal setting:
Specific: General goals are “fuzzy” goals;
make goals as specific as possible.
Measurable: Goals must be measurable so you can
monitor your progress as you work on them.
Actionable: Goals are designed to involve action;
they speak of something to be done.
Realistic: Your goals should involve faith,
but must be in touch with the reality around you.
Time-targeted: Every goal must have a deadline;
a time it should be completed and evaluated.”
&
edited January 6, 2022
Whispers of angels
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/whispers-of-angels.html
January 6, 2022
The whisper of angels
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-whisper-of-angels.html
edited January 5, 2022
Between waking and sleeping
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/between-waking-and-sleeping.html
edited January 5, 2022
Between waking and sleep – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/between-waking-and-sleep-v2.html
January 4, 2022
Between waking and sleep
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/between-waking-and-sleep.html
inspired by comments by Delilah on her show 1/4/2022
&
edited January 4, 2022
God spared my life – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/god-spared-my-life-v2.html
January 4, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4710919742322219/
&
edited/new January 3, 2022
God spared my life
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/god-spared-my-life.html
January 3, 2022
God kept me alive
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/god-kept-me-alive.html
near fatal accident on New Year’s Eve
driving 60 mph on Route 16 in
St. Augustine, FL, with only
1 of 5 lug nuts on passenger front tire
&
January 3, 2022
what didn’t I learn
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/what-didnt-i-learn.html
December 29, 2021
Pushing freight in a pandemic
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/pushing-freight-in-pandemic.html
edited October 25, 2021
Another SKU - haiku
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/another-sku-haiku.html
converted to haiku based on challenge in comments
October 25, 2021
Another SKU
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/another-sku.html
&
edited January 3, 2022
On the precipice, the brink
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/on-precipice-brink.html
January 1, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4702205693193624/
&
December 31, 2021
at the precipice, the brink
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/at-precipice-brink.html
edited December 31, 2021
on the cusp of tomorrow – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/on-cusp-of-tomorrow-v2.html
December 31, 2021
a prayer for a new beginning
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-prayer-for-new-beginning.html
edited/new December 31, 2021
Walk forward boldly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/walk-forward-boldly.html
December 31, 2021
Fear not the future
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/fear-not-future.html
December 31, 2021
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4698644396883087/
Joshua 1:9
&
December 31, 2021
on the cusp of tomorrow
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/on-cusp-of-tomorrow.html
December 30, 2021
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4695536357193891/
&
edited December 30, 2021
Seek God’s Heart – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/seek-gods-heart-v2.html
edited December 29, 2021
A prayer for calling, for purpose – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-prayer-for-calling-for-purpose-v2.html
December 29, 2021
Seek God’s Heart
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/seek-gods-heart.html
December 29, 2021
A prayer for calling, for purpose
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-prayer-for-calling-for-purpose.html
December 29, 2021
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4692580327489494/
&
December 28, 2021
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4689675184446675/
&
December 27, 2021
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4686361061444754/
&
edited December 26, 2021
If I want to be a writer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/if-i-want-to-be-writer.html
December 26, 2021
If I am going to be a witness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/if-i-am-going-to-be-witness.html
edited December 25, 2021
The path of humility – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-path-of-humility-v2.html
edited December 25, 2021
Wonder of His Birth – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/wonder-of-his-birth-v2.html
December 25, 2021
May our days be holy
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/may-our-days-be-holy.html
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4672975616116632/
 
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The Savior had come - v2

The One foretold in scripture,
the one who was the harbinger,
the one by the River Jordan,
making a way for Him, for us.

The words of John, His cousin,
that the Savior had come in the flesh
calling himself to the background,
Letting Christ take center stage.

“He must increase, He must become greater,
I must decrease, I must yield to Him”;
Christ must take on the mantle,
as He was the One to come.

Each of them in submission,
to their calling their purpose,
there at the Jordan, at the beginning,
in the water, in Christ’s dying,
in His rising from the waters.

Christ’s ministry beginning,
baptizing with the Spirit, love,
John moving to the background,
as the bride to the Bridegroom…

Edited January 9, 2024
The Savior had come – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-savior-had-come-v2.html
January 7, 2024
The Savior had come
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-savior-had-come.html
John 3:30
John 3
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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capturing bits of gossamer - v6

Capturing bits of gossamer
Lightening, magic in a bottle
scribbling lines of ether,
strings of creation, eternity,
sharing mysteries of life, of faith;
Writing down images, memory,
hope, joy, streaming, present,
conjured from the wind.
 
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Capturing something unseen,
Invisible, or neglected,
a germ, a seed of the eternal,
of creation, the cosmos above us,
of the heart of the living God;
Beauty in God’s written Word,
planted deep within us, anchored,
in nature all around us now.
 
Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Edited January 9, 2024
capturing bits of gossamer – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v6.html
Edited April 12, 2023
capturing bits of gossamer – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/04/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v5.html
Edited April 12, 2023
I do not hold the words too tightly – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/04/i-do-not-hold-words-too-tightly-v2.html
March 20, 2023
I do not hold the words too tightly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-do-not-hold-words-too-tightly.html
&
January 10, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4728305977250262/
&
edited January 9, 2022
capturing bits of gossamer – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v4.html
edited January 8, 2022
capturing bits of gossamer – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v3.html
edited January 8, 2022
capturing bits of gossamer – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v2.html
January 8, 2022
capturing bits of gossamer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer.html
January 8, 2022
Out of chaos, a calling
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/out-of-chaos-calling.html
merged January 8, 2022
Order my steps – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/order-my-steps-v3.html
January 8, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4722797944467732/
&
edited January 7, 2022
Order my steps – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/order-my-steps-v2.html
January 7, 2022
Order my steps
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/order-my-steps.html
edited January 7, 2022
still my spirit – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/still-my-spirit-v2.html
January 7, 2022
set goals before you
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/set-goals-before-you.html
January 7, 2022
Live on purpose
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/live-on-purpose.html
January 7, 2022
still my spirit
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/still-my-spirit.html
January 7, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4719988754748651/
January 6, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4716871001727093/
“How to walk daily purposefully in our purpose on purpose...
1. Remember our vision...👓
2. Review our goals 🥅
3. Make a list 📜
4. Begin in prayer 🙏🏿”
&
January 6, 2022
Keep praying
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/keep-praying.html
Matthew 7:7-8 AMP
edited January 6, 2022
Discerning our path – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/discerning-our-path-v2.html
January 5, 2022
Discerning our path
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/discerning-our-path.html
January 5, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4713899988690861/
“S.M.A.R.T. goal setting:
Specific: General goals are “fuzzy” goals;
make goals as specific as possible.
Measurable: Goals must be measurable so you can
monitor your progress as you work on them.
Actionable: Goals are designed to involve action;
they speak of something to be done.
Realistic: Your goals should involve faith,
but must be in touch with the reality around you.
Time-targeted: Every goal must have a deadline;
a time it should be completed and evaluated.”
&
edited January 6, 2022
Whispers of angels
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/whispers-of-angels.html
January 6, 2022
The whisper of angels
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-whisper-of-angels.html
edited January 5, 2022
Between waking and sleeping
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/between-waking-and-sleeping.html
edited January 5, 2022
Between waking and sleep – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/between-waking-and-sleep-v2.html
January 4, 2022
Between waking and sleep
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/between-waking-and-sleep.html
inspired by comments by Delilah on her show 1/4/2022
&
edited January 4, 2022
God spared my life – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/god-spared-my-life-v2.html
January 4, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4710919742322219/
&
edited/new January 3, 2022
God spared my life
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/god-spared-my-life.html
January 3, 2022
God kept me alive
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/god-kept-me-alive.html
near fatal accident on New Year’s Eve
driving 60 mph on Route 16 in
St. Augustine, FL, with only
1 of 5 lug nuts on passenger front tire
&
January 3, 2022
what didn’t I learn
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/what-didnt-i-learn.html
December 29, 2021
Pushing freight in a pandemic
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/pushing-freight-in-pandemic.html
edited October 25, 2021
Another SKU - haiku
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/another-sku-haiku.html
converted to haiku based on challenge in comments
October 25, 2021
Another SKU
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/another-sku.html
&
edited January 3, 2022
On the precipice, the brink
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/on-precipice-brink.html
January 1, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4702205693193624/
&
December 31, 2021
at the precipice, the brink
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/at-precipice-brink.html
edited December 31, 2021
on the cusp of tomorrow – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/on-cusp-of-tomorrow-v2.html
December 31, 2021
a prayer for a new beginning
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-prayer-for-new-beginning.html
edited/new December 31, 2021
Walk forward boldly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/walk-forward-boldly.html
December 31, 2021
Fear not the future
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/fear-not-future.html
December 31, 2021
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4698644396883087/
Joshua 1:9
&
December 31, 2021
on the cusp of tomorrow
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/on-cusp-of-tomorrow.html
December 30, 2021
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4695536357193891/
&
edited December 30, 2021
Seek God’s Heart – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/seek-gods-heart-v2.html
edited December 29, 2021
A prayer for calling, for purpose – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-prayer-for-calling-for-purpose-v2.html
December 29, 2021
Seek God’s Heart
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/seek-gods-heart.html
December 29, 2021
A prayer for calling, for purpose
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-prayer-for-calling-for-purpose.html
December 29, 2021
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4692580327489494/
&
December 28, 2021
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4689675184446675/
&
December 27, 2021
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4686361061444754/
&
edited December 26, 2021
If I want to be a writer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/if-i-want-to-be-writer.html
December 26, 2021
If I am going to be a witness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/if-i-am-going-to-be-witness.html
edited December 25, 2021
The path of humility – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-path-of-humility-v2.html
edited December 25, 2021
Wonder of His Birth – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/wonder-of-his-birth-v2.html
December 25, 2021
May our days be holy
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/may-our-days-be-holy.html
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4672975616116632/
 
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, God, faith, Christ, Spirit, grace, love, hope, fear, courage, dreams, goals, calling, purpose, prayer, Poetry Where You Live, writing, writing poetry, writing community,
 
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Writing in cursive – v8

Telephone lines, power lines
straight lines, dotted lines, staccato,
the spaces in between them,
Creating writing templates
a second-grade worksheet
of yellow lined paper
Hung on the clear blue sky...
 
A seagull appearing, dancing,
soaring, climbing beside me driving,
rising, falling, tracing, drawing,
Writing in cursive, longhand script,
Flying between the curved lines
words forming, some in upper-case,
some in lower-case letters...
 
The flick of its wings, its feathers
Carving a line, flared, elongated,
like a quill pen writing, in even strokes,
words, a masterpiece, elegant,
Drawing Japanese characters
rising through the divided lines
Climbing, soaring, ever higher, higher.
 
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Edited January 7, 2024
Writing in cursive – v8
 
Edited January 7, 2024
Writing in cursive – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/writing-in-cursive-v7.html
Edited January 7, 2024
writing in cursive – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/writing-in-cursive-v6.html
Edited January 1, 2024
writing in cursive – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/writing-in-cursive-v5.html
edited December 28, 2023
writing in cursive – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/writing-in-cursive-v3.html
(editing version 2)
edited February 25, 2022
writing in cursive – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/writing-in-cursive-v3.html
edited December 28, 2021
writing in cursive – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/writing-in-cursive-v2.html
December 28, 2021
writing in cursive
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/writing-in-cursive.html
Route 312 Anastasia Island,
St. Augustine, FL
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December 26, 2021
Soaring as they were climbing
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The Savior had come

The One foretold,
the one who was the harbinger,
the one by the Jordan,
making a way for Him.
 
The words of John, His cousin,
that the Savior had come
calling himself to the background,
Letting Christ take center stage.
 
“He must increase, He must become greater,
I must decrease, I must yield to Him”;
Christ must take on the mantle,
as He was the One to come.
 
Each of them in submission,
to their calling their purpose,
there at the Jordan, at the beginning,
in the water, in Christ’s rising,
 
Christ’s ministry beginning,
baptizing with the Spirit,
John moving to the background,
as the bride to the Bridegroom…
 
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January 7, 2024
The Savior had come
 
John 3:30
John 3
 
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