Stand with Georgia – v4

Stand with Georgia, now,
with her people marching,
out in the streets, in their cities,
defiant, standing for freedom today…
 
Don’t leave her to her enemies,
to her traitors, her attackers,
stand with her in the fight…
 
Stand with Georgia, now,
for free and fair elections,
that their European Dream,
will rise once more, right now…
 
This moment is too important,
lives are in the balance,
there is so much at stake,..
 
Stand with Georgia, now,
with her people marching,
free of terror, outside influence,
of the aggressor, of Russia, today…
 
Join her at the ramparts,
on the barricades, marching,
fighting with her for freedom…
 
Stand with Georgia, now,
for free and fair elections,
that the true will of the people,
will guide their steps, right now…
 
We must stand with Georgia,
in this moment, right now,
there is so much at stake…

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Edited December 21, 2024
Stand with Georgia – v4
 
 
@SecGenNATO @secblinken @SecYellen @USAmbUN @NATO @UN @antonioguterres @VP @KamalaHarris #EU @Zourabichvili_S @POTUS @JoeBiden @ZelenskyyUa @sandumaiamd @ElenaLasconi @Europarl_EN
 
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poetry, freedom, prayer, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Syria, Chechnya, Serbia, Russia, Georgian Dream, European Union, NATO,
 
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Stand with Georgia – v3

Stand with Georgia, now,
with her people marching,
out in the streets, in their cities,
defiant, standing for freedom today…
 
Stand with Georgia, now,
for free and fair elections,
that their European Dream,
will rise once more, right now…
 
Stand with Georgia, now,
with her people marching,
free of terror, outside influence,
of the aggressor, of Russia, today…
 
Stand with Georgia, now,
for free and fair elections,
that the true will of the people,
will guide their steps, right now…

 
----------------
Edited December 21, 2024
Stand with Georgia – v3

 
@SecGenNATO @secblinken @SecYellen @USAmbUN @NATO @UN @antonioguterres @VP @KamalaHarris #EU @Zourabichvili_S @POTUS @JoeBiden @ZelenskyyUa @sandumaiamd @ElenaLasconi @Europarl_EN
 
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#poetry #freedom #prayer #Georgia #Ukraine #Moldova #Romania #Syria #Chechnya #Serbia #StandWithGeorgianPeople #Russia #GeorgianDream #terrorinGeorgia #StandwithGeorgia #GeorgianProtests #EU #EuropeanUnion #NATO

returning to the well – v3

when we are dry, thirsty,
in our bodies, in our spirits,
let us return to the well,
may our lives be refilled…
 
returning to the well,
dipping my cup, again,
drinking of the living water,
in love, in community…
 
let us draw near to God
and to one another,
let us drink of the cup,
of life, the living waters…
 
returning to the well,
of praise, of worship,
praying in community,
with love for one another…
 
let us draw near to God,
to our brothers, our sisters,
may we drink till we are filled,
quenching the thirst in our spirits…
 
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Edited December 21, 2024
returning to the well – v3
 
Men’s group conversation
Based on #Hebrews10:22-25
Edited December 21, 2024
Let us draw near to God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/let-us-draw-near-to-god.html
 
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poetry, God, prayer, Christ, Spirit, Hebrews 10, faith, trust, community, body, church, scripture, bible,
 
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returning to the well – v2

when we are dry, thirsty,
in our bodies, in our spirits,
let us return to the well,
may our lives be refilled…
 
returning to the well,
dipping my cup, again,
drinking of the living water,
in love, in community…
 
let us draw near to God
and to one another,
let us drink of the cup,
of life, the living waters…
 
returning to the well,
of praise, of worship,
praying in community,
with love for one another…
 
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Edited December 21, 2024
returning to the well – v2
 
Men’s group conversation
Based on #Hebrews10:22-25
December 21, 2024
returning to the well
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/returning-to-well.html
Edited December 21, 2024
Let us draw near to God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/let-us-draw-near-to-god.html
December 21, 2024
Let us draw near
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/let-us-draw-near.html
&
Edited November 5, 2024
God calls us, each of us – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/god-calls-us-each-of-us-v2.html
Edited November 4, 2024
God goes before us – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/god-goes-before-us-v2.html
 
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returning to the well

returning to the well,
dipping my cup, again,
drinking of the living water,
in love, in community…
 
let us draw near to God
and to one another,
let us drink of the cup,
of life, the living waters…
 
returning to the well,
of praise, of worship,
praying in community,
with love for one another…
 
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December 21, 2024
returning to the well
 
Edited December 21, 2024
Let us draw near to God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/let-us-draw-near-to-god.html
Men’s group conversation
Based on #Hebrews10:22-25
December 21, 2024
Let us draw near
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/let-us-draw-near.html
&
Edited November 5, 2024
God calls us, each of us – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/god-calls-us-each-of-us-v2.html
Edited November 4, 2024
God goes before us – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/god-goes-before-us-v2.html
 
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Let us draw near to God

Oh God, you call us,
to live within the body,
let us draw near to God,
and to one another…
 
Let us draw near
to the throne of faith, of grace,
let us draw near, to sit,
at the feet of the risen Christ…
 
Oh God, You call us,
to walk in Your ways, Your light,
let us draw near, to drink,
of the cup of eternal life…
 
Let us draw near,
as risen people of faith, of hope,
let us draw near, to sit,
at the feet of the risen Christ…
 
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Edited December 21, 2024
Let us draw near to God
 
Men’s group conversation
Based on #Hebrews10:22-25
December 21, 2024
Let us draw near
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/let-us-draw-near.html
&
Edited November 5, 2024
God calls us, each of us – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/god-calls-us-each-of-us-v2.html
Edited November 4, 2024
God goes before us – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/god-goes-before-us-v2.html
 
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Let us draw near to #God #prayer #Hebrews10

Let us draw near
to the throne of faith, of grace,
let us draw near, to sit,
at the feet of the risen Christ…
 
Oh God, You call us,
to walk in Your ways, Your light,
let us draw near, to drink,
of the cup of eternal life…
 
Let us draw near,
as risen people of faith, of hope,
let us draw near, to sit,
at the feet of the risen Christ…
 
--------
December 21, 2024
Let us draw near
 
Men’s group conversation
Based on #Hebrews10:22-25
&
Edited November 5, 2024
God calls us, each of us – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/god-calls-us-each-of-us-v2.html
Edited November 4, 2024
God goes before us – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/god-goes-before-us-v2.html
 
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Don’t give Ukraine to the Madman – v4

A prayer repeating, recurring,
frozen in time, unresolved, waiting,
a nation in rubble, burning, forgotten,
don’t let evil win, be triumphant,
don’t give Ukraine to the Madman
it will not be the end of his dreams…
 
Our silence crying out, longing,
to retake the stage, the breath,
evil only understands threat/ resolve,
his card of nuclear Armageddon,
the West cowed once again
a rabid Bear on the march…
 
His dreams of conquest, an empire,
destruction of just one nation, Ukraine,
isn’t the end of his mission, his purpose,
his fevered quest much greater,
we must stop him now, here,
before he kills, and kills again…

 
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edited December 19, 2024
Don’t give Ukraine to the Madman – v4
 
edited March 8, 2022
Don’t give Ukraine to the Madman – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/dont-give-ukraine-to-madman-v2.html
&
edited March 6, 2022
The man in the bunker – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-man-in-bunker-v2.html
&
March 5, 2022
Don’t give Ukraine to the Madman
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/dont-give-ukraine-to-madman.html
&
March 5, 2022
The man in the bunker
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-man-in-bunker.html
February 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/dhakar_puneet/status/1498385709627224065
Ukraine Ambassador to United Nations
extracts of his speech to the General Assembly
#nuclearwar
‘This war was not provoked. It was chosen by someone right now
that is sitting in the bunker. We know what happened to the person
who sat in the bunker in Berlin, in May, 1945,’
said Ukraine’s U.N. envoy Sirgiy Kyslytsya .
&
March 4, 2022
One shot away
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/one-shot-away.html
March 3, 2022
Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBoRwbidiq4
handcuff of MAD, Cold War cannot have a shooting war with another nuclear power…
&
March 4, 2022
International law means nothing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/international-law-means-nothing.html
March 4, 2022
A brutal heartless murderer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/a-brutal-heartless-murderer.html
edited February 28, 2022
In the crucible of terror – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v5.html
edited February 27, 2022
A run on the banks – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-run-on-banks-v3.html
edited February 26, 2022
The insanity of these minutes – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-insanity-of-these-minutes-v2.html 
 
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poetry, Ukraine, Russia, NATO, war, invasion, Putin, fear, terror, death, Kyiv, Crimea, Balkans, Baltic, Belarus,
 
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Stand with #Georgia - v2 #GeorgiaProtests

Stand with Georgia, now,
with her people marching,
out in the streets, their cities,
defiant, standing for freedom now…
 
Stand with Georgia, now,
for free and fair elections,
the people’s European Dream,
will rise once more, again, right now…
 
Stand with Georgia, now,
with her people marching,
free of terror, outside influence,
of the aggressor, of Russia, today, now…
 
Stand with Georgia, now,
for free and fair elections,
that the true will of the people,
will guide their next steps, right now…

 
----------------
Edited December 18, 2024
Stand with Georgia – v2
 
 
@SecGenNATO @secblinken @SecYellen @USAmbUN @NATO @UN @antonioguterres @VP @KamalaHarris #EU @Zourabichvili_S @POTUS @JoeBiden @ZelenskyyUa @sandumaiamd @ElenaLasconi
 
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Breathe with me as I breathe now Lord – v2

Open Your arms wide, Lord,
let me sense Your presence, my God,
in my mundane, every moment,
not something special, every second,
to feel You with me always…
 
I still myself in my prayer now
that You would be with me now Lord,
that I would feel You beside me;
Breathe with me as I breathe now Lord…
let me dwell within You…
 
Open Your arms wide, Lord,
wrap me in Your embrace, oh Father,
draw me to You in each moment,
no matter what I am doing,
in every second of my life…  
 
I still myself in my prayer now
that You would be with me now Lord,
that I would feel You beside me;
Breathe with me as I breathe now Lord…
let me dwell within You…
 
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Edited December 18, 2024
Breathe with me as I breathe now Lord – v2
 
Based on #Psalm128
 
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Breathe with me as I breathe now Lord

I still myself in my prayer now
that You would be with me now Lord,
that I would feel You beside me;
Breathe with me as I breathe now Lord…
Let me dwell within You…
 
Open Your arms wide, Lord,
wrap me in Your embrace, oh Father,
draw me to You in each moment,
no matter what I am doing,
in every second of my life…  
 
I still myself in my prayer now
that You would be with me now Lord,
that I would feel You beside me;
Breathe with me as I breathe now Lord…
Let me dwell within You…
 
---------------- 
December 18, 2024
Breathe with me as I breathe now Lord
 
Based on #Psalm128
Pastor Peter Hubbard
 
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Stand with #Georgia

Stand with Georgia,
With her people marching,
Out in the streets, their cities,
Standing for freedom now…
 
Stand with Georgia,
For free and fair elections,
That their European Dream,
Can rise once more, again…
 
Stand with Georgia,
With her people marching,
Free of terror, of influence,
Of the aggressor, of Russia…
 
Stand with Georgia,
For free and fair elections,
That the will of the people,
Will guide their next steps…

 
----------------
December 18, 2024
Stand with Georgia
 
 
@SecGenNATO @secblinken @SecYellen @USAmbUN @NATO @UN @antonioguterres @VP @KamalaHarris #EU @Zourabichvili_S @POTUS @JoeBiden @ZelenskyyUa @sandumaiamd @ElenaLasconi
 
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poetry, freedom, prayer, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Syria, Chechnya, Serbia, Russia, Georgian Dream, European Union, NATO,
 
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My part of the world is waking #sunrise

My part of the world is waking,
From sleep, from slumber,
Light is breaking in the east,
Where you, my love, are living…
 
The same sun warms us,
Rising in the heavens,
How I long to touch you,
To feel your warm embrace…
 
For now, there is this consolation,
My part of the world is waking,
I sing of our love together,
While we are yet miles apart…

 
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December 17, 2024
My part of the world is waking
 
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