Spending currency he doesn’t own

The full faith and credit,
the good name of America,
that which cannot be recovered,
once it is lost, trampled, squandered,
once it has been dragged through the mud…
 
Spending currently he doesn’t own,
merely a caretaker, a fiduciary, a steward,
a guardian of a sacred trust he is busy destroying,
squandering the good name of America,
before our enemies, our allies, the nations,
dragging the idea of America through the mud…
 
Given a mandate for prosperity,
to draw us inward, stronger, but attacking,
siding with our sworn enemy, undercutting our neighbors,
our allies, our brothers in the fight, in the crucible,
of war, of the right, of justice, of freedom, America,
dragging a legacy of division, bleeding in the mud…
 
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March 16, 2025
Spending currency he doesn’t own
 
Edited March 10, 2025
Betrayal – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/betrayal-v3.html
Edited March 6, 2025
we have become what we abhor – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-have-become-what-we-abhor-v2.html
Edited March 6, 2025
There is no neutrality in genocide – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/there-is-no-neutrality-in-genocide-v2.html  
Edited December 12, 2024
The blood of the dead in Bucha – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v6.html
 
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Poetry, Ukraine, victory, hope, courage, heroes, US, NATO, EU, terror, America, Trump, genocide, Stand With Ukraine,
 
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He spoke power

Christ stood before them,
honoring his disciples,
stepping in to defend them,
against the Law, the Pharisees…
 
Christ spoke power,
His authority, His own name,
claiming the mantle of eternity,
that He was the Son of Man…
 
They were shocked, amazed,
frozen in that moment,
nothing further is said
as Christ walked away…
 
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March 16, 2025
He spoke power
 
Based on #Matthew12:1-8
Based on #Daniel7:13
Based on #Colossians2:8-17
Based on #Matthew11:25-30
March 16, 2025
standing in the wheat field
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/standing-in-wheat-field.html
 
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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, Matthew 11, Matthew 12, Colossian 2, Daniel 7, Sabbath,
 
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standing in the wheat field

standing aghast, mouths agape,
standing in the wheat field
before the living Jesus
hearing His words of authority,
His power over Sabbath,
offering soul rest…
 
how life would have been different…
if only they had believed Him
their Messiah standing before them,
the Son of God, of Man,
offering them Salvation,

true Sabbath rest...
 
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March 16, 2025
standing in the wheat field
 
Based on #Matthew12:1-8
Based on #Daniel7:13
Based on #Colossians2:8-17
Based on #Matthew11:25-30
Edited March 8, 2025
in a word unspoken – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/in-word-unspoken-v2_8.html
Based on #Matthew11:28
Based on #Psalm34:18
Edited March 8, 2025
Come to Me, repentant – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/come-to-me-repentant-v2.html
 
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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, Matthew 11, Matthew 12, Colossian 2, Daniel 7,
 
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Touching Her Face – v3

A whisper of a smile,
rising on my face,
thinking once again
of that moment 18 years ago…
 
Like white-gloved hands,
at a summer cotillion,
sipping a mint julep
so were the petals of the sunflower
touching her face, her cheek…
 
Oh so delicately, so demurely,
brushing her face, as in a whisper,
pensive pose, thoughtful girl, watchful,
perhaps for an appropriate suitor…
 
Getting the vapors
at the sight of him,
shyly touching the corner
of her pursed mouth, her cheek,
at the sight of him...
 
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Edited March 16, 2025
Touching Her Face – v3
 
edited March 24, 2022
Touching Her Face – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/touching-her-face-v2.html
August 25, 2007 8:15
Touching Her Face
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/08/touching-her-face.html
sunflower opening
 
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poetry, love, Nature, creator, hands, senses, touch, Faith, hope, sun, summer, God, sunflower,
 
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