All of Europe

All of Europe turning,
feeling the pangs of freedom
stretching against Russia,
its awful heavy boot…
 
People gathering, marching,
rising against them,
the puppets, the strongmen,
those standing in their way…
 
Corruption rampant,
exposed, defiant,
people in the streets,
breathing free air…
 
The Southeast of Europe
rising, in war, rebellion,
fighting the same evil,
the madman in the Kremlin…
 
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March 25, 2025
All of Europe
 
https://www.newsweek.com/europe-map-shows-mass-protests-against-putins-allies-2049558
War in Ukraine
Elections in Moldova
Protest in Georgia
Protest in Serbia
Protest in Romanian
Protest in Slovakia
Freedom Day in Belarus
Protest in Hungary
Protest in Turkey
March 25, 2025
Belarus must be free
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/belarus-must-be-free.html
Edited March 25, 2025
We must stand with Georgia
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-must-stand-with-georgia.html
Edited December 27, 2024
Russia must be defeated – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/russia-must-be-defeated-v2.html
Edited December 24, 2024
There is only one Enemy, Russia – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/there-is-one-enemy-russia-v3.html
 
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, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. 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, freedom, prayer, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Turkey, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Serbia, EU, NATO, Balkan Spring,
 
#poetry #freedom #prayer #Georgia #Ukraine #Belarus #Moldova #Turkey #Hungary #Romania #Slovakia #Serbia #EU #NATO #BalkanSpring

Belarus must be free

Belarus must be free
free of the tyrant
free from the menace
just to the East…
 
Belarus must be free
to achieve self-determination
free of the shackles,
free of Russia’s boot…
 
Belarus must be free
now, in this moment,
the jails must be opened
political prisoners must breathe free…
 
Belarus must be free
of their awful tyrant,
Russia must be pushed
out of their free land…
 
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March 25, 2025
Belarus must be free
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/belarus-must-be-free.html
Edited March 25, 2025
We must stand with Georgia
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-must-stand-with-georgia.html
Edited December 27, 2024
Russia must be defeated – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/russia-must-be-defeated-v2.html
Edited December 24, 2024
There is only one Enemy, Russia – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/there-is-one-enemy-russia-v3.html
 
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, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. 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, freedom, prayer, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, European Union, NATO, Stand with Belarus,
 
#poetry #freedom #prayer #Georgia #Ukraine #Belarus #EU #EuropeanUnion #NATO #StandWithBelarus

We must stand with Georgia

We must stand with Georgia
for they fight the same fight
the same enemy, Russia,
their expansionist lusts…
 
We must stand with Georgia,
with the Georgian people,
seeking their freedom,
their right to breathe free…
 
We must stand with Georgia,
we must not forget them,
for their fight is our fight,
to live as a free people…
 
We must stand with Georgia,
with this brave, courageous people,
those marching, bleeding,
those in captivity…

 
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Edited March 25, 2025
We must stand with Georgia
 
Edited January 28, 2025
Freedom fills their lungs – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/freedom-fills-their-lungs-v2.html
Edited December 27, 2024
Russia must be defeated – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/russia-must-be-defeated-v2.html
Edited December 24, 2024
There is only one Enemy, Russia – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/there-is-one-enemy-russia-v3.html
Edited December 21, 2024
Stand with Georgia – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/stand-with-georgia-v4.html
 
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, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. 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, freedom, prayer, Georgia, Ukraine, Georgian Dream, European Union, NATO,
 
#poetry #freedom #prayer #Georgia #Ukraine #StandWithGeorgianPeople #Russia #GeorgianDream #terrorinGeorgia #StandwithGeorgia #GeorgianProtests #EU #EuropeanUnion #NATO

You hold each of them closely

I see your deep love for one another,
for each one of your fallen, your comrades,
a part of each one of you, present with you,
gathering your honored dead to you, lovingly,
ever present, today, now, alive, as close as breath…
 
They are part of you, your fabric, your identity,
alive with you now in the present, your fallen
as threads woven in a vyshyvanka, your culture,
hand to heart, to linen, washed in blood,
in their sacrifice for your country…
 
I see how you honor them, in each moment,
in a continuous procession, rituals of memory,
sacred days woven into your collective lives,
how you hold them to you, to your hearts, forever,
ever present, today, now, alive, as close as breath…
 
You hold each of them closely, forever, present,
You do not forget your fallen, your comrades,
their legacy of love, of sacrifice, a bond sustaining,
the honored dead with you, present, living,
in their sacrifice for your country…
 

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Edited March 25, 2025
You hold each of them closely
 
March 25, 2025
Hold each of them closely
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/hold-each-of-them-closely.html
March 24, 2025 posts on X:
“The acts of Ukrainians, like kneeling as a funeral procession passes for fallen defenders or the Moment of Honor every morning at 9:00am, or the photographs on gravestones of those lost in this war, all show how love is part of the Ukrainian culture.  
 
Today, I saw a video (https://www.instagram.com/p/DHlbX7MtEjg/) of Ukrainians women defenders making Ukrainians Easter eggs with a picture of their fallen comrade, combat medic Iryna "Cheka" Tsybukh on the table. Iryna’s mother led them in the class, making the eggs.
 
All of these are proof Ukraine never was Russia. Their cultures are entirely different. 
 
I commented, “Humanity could learn a lot from Ukraine and Ukrainians on how you keep all of your countrymen and women present today even when they have been lost in this war. It isn't just memory, it is presence, real and current. It is awe inspiring, truly.”
 
As one defender has said, "I hope most countries could adopt the culture of love..." “
&
Edited March 8, 2025
sisters in arms – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/sisters-in-arms-v2.html
written after reading post by defender of Ukraine
about serving as a woman in the army,
for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2025
February 27, 2025
touching bleeding flesh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/touching-bleeding-flesh-defender.html
(written by a decorated medic on the front lines in Ukraine)
Edited February 26, 2025
touching bleeding flesh – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/touching-bleeding-flesh-v2.html
"The present memory of that day" is both 2/24/2022 for Ukraine and Ukrainians
and 2/14/1991 for me personally. I am using my experience of detailed visceral
images of lifting the blood and brains of my father to give even a touch of
authenticity to this poem, merging my conversation with one defender and
the words of that other defender yesterday to write "touching bleeding flesh "
&
Edited February 26, 2025
The present memory of that day – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-present-memory-of-that-day-v2.html
February 25, 2025
Memory of February 24, 2022
as described by defender of Ukraine 
&
edited February 15, 2025
Three years of terror, of genocide – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/three-years-of-terror-genocide-v2.html
Edited January 13, 2025
Sacred Days – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/sacred-days-v3.html
Edited December 8, 2024
Stealing his identity – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/stealing-his-identity-v2.html
Edited December 2, 2024
Stealing History – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/stealing-history-v2.html
Edited November 29, 2024
Designs of their culture – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/designs-of-their-culture-v3.html
Edited September 6, 2024
Flying from every flagpole – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/flying-from-every-flagpole-v2.html
Edited May 24, 2024
A cloak of the dead – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/a-cloak-of-dead-v2.html
In this poem I am trying to convey that the dead of Ukraine,
your heroes, are cloaking every #warrior, as if with a new
Vyshyvanka, against your skin, under the armor, the
white fabric's embroidery have been woven with threads
of the blood of the fallen, protecting each of you.
They are your shield, your invisible armor.
I tried to write the poem in the sh 

#poetry #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #GlorytotheHeroes #culture #identity #unity #love #spirit #legacy #TarasShevchenko #Ukrainian #Pysanky #Vyshyvankaape of a
Ukrainian Easter Egg, a Pysanky.
 
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, 2024, and 2025. 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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poetry, Ukraine, defenders, victory, peace, Stand With Ukraine, Glory to the Heroes, culture, identity, unity, love, spirit, legacy, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, Pysanky, Vyshyvanka,
 
#poetry #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #GlorytotheHeroes #culture #identity #unity #love #spirit #legacy #TarasShevchenko #Ukrainian #Pysanky #Vyshyvanka
 

Hold each of them closely #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine

I see your deep love for each of them,
a part of each one of you, present with you,
gathering your honored dead to you, lovingly,
ever present, today, now, alive, as close as breath…
 
They are part of you, your fabric, your identity,
as lines woven in a vyshyvanka, your culture,
hand to heart, to linen, washed in blood,
in their sacrifice for your country…
 
I see how you honor them, in each moment,
in a continuous procession, rituals of memory,
how you hold them to you, to your hearts, forever,
ever present, today, now, alive, as close as breath…
 
Hold each of them closely, forever, present,
their legacy of love, of sacrifice, a bond sustaining,
the honored dead with you, present, living,
in their sacrifice for your country… 

 
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March 25, 2025
Hold each of them closely
 
&
March 24, 2025 posts on X:
“The acts of Ukrainians, like kneeling as a funeral procession passes for fallen defenders or the Moment of Honor every morning at 9:00am, or the photographs on gravestones of those lost in this war, all show how love is part of the Ukrainian culture.  
 
Today, I saw a video of Ukrainians women defenders making Ukrainians Easter eggs with a picture of their fallen comrade, combat medic Iryna "Cheka" Tsybukh on the table. Iryna’s mother led them in the class, making the eggs.
 
All of these are proof Ukraine never was Russia. Their cultures are entirely different. 
 
I commented, “Humanity could learn a lot from Ukraine and Ukrainians on how you keep all of your countrymen and women present today even when they have been lost in this war. It isn't just memory, it is presence, real and current. It is awe inspiring, truly.”
 
As one defender said about that, "I hope most countries could adopt the culture of love..." “
March 24, 2025
This is the video that speaks to the culture of Ukraine...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DHlbX7MtEjg/
&
Edited March 8, 2025
sisters in arms – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/sisters-in-arms-v2.html
written after reading post by defender of Ukraine
about serving as a woman in the army,
for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2025
February 27, 2025
touching bleeding flesh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/touching-bleeding-flesh-defender.html
(written by a decorated medic on the front lines in Ukraine)
Edited February 26, 2025
touching bleeding flesh – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/touching-bleeding-flesh-v2.html
"The present memory of that day" is both 2/24/2022 for Ukraine and Ukrainians
and 2/14/1991 for me personally. I am using my experience of detailed visceral
images of lifting the blood and brains of my father to give even a touch of
authenticity to this poem, merging my conversation with one defender and
the words of that other defender yesterday to write "touching bleeding flesh "
&
Edited February 26, 2025
The present memory of that day – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-present-memory-of-that-day-v2.html
February 25, 2025
Memory of February 24, 2022
as described by defender of Ukraine 
&
edited February 15, 2025
Three years of terror, of genocide – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/three-years-of-terror-genocide-v2.html
Edited January 13, 2025
Sacred Days – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/sacred-days-v3.html
Edited December 8, 2024
Stealing his identity – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/stealing-his-identity-v2.html
Edited December 2, 2024
Stealing History – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/stealing-history-v2.html
Edited November 29, 2024
Designs of their culture – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/designs-of-their-culture-v3.html
Edited September 6, 2024
Flying from every flagpole – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/flying-from-every-flagpole-v2.html
Edited May 24, 2024
A cloak of the dead – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/a-cloak-of-dead-v2.html
In this poem I am trying to convey that the dead of Ukraine,
your heroes, are cloaking every #warrior, as if with a new
Vyshyvanka, against your skin, under the armor, the
white fabric's embroidery have been woven with threads
of the blood of the fallen, protecting each of you.
They are your shield, your invisible armor.
I tried to write the poem in the shape of a
Ukrainian Easter Egg, a Pysanky.
 
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, 2024, and 2025. 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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poetry, Ukraine, defenders, victory, peace, Stand With Ukraine, Glory to the Heroes, culture, identity, unity, love, spirit, legacy, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, Pysanky, Vyshyvanka,
 
#poetry #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #GlorytotheHeroes #culture #identity #unity #love #spirit #legacy #TarasShevchenko #Ukrainian #Pysanky #Vyshyvanka

all that I need – v2

You beside me, my darling, my life,
what I need in this moment, this second,
to be at rest, to be at peace,
calm within my soul, my spirit…
 
lean into my body, my love,
can you feel me beside you,
how I long to feel your touch,
to breathe these words to you…
 
You are my light, my hope,
the dream I carry with me,
the star I wish upon in the darkness,
while the moon is hidden…
 
lean into my body, my world,
my caresses, my kisses, our love,
open to your senses, my heart,
all of you, my one true love…
 
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Edited March 25, 2025
all that I need – v2
 
&
March 24, 2025 posts on X:
“The acts of Ukrainians, like kneeling as a funeral procession passes or the Moment of Honor every morning at 9:00am, or the photographs on gravestones, show how love is part of their culture.  
 
And I saw a video of Ukrainians women defenders making Ukrainians Easter eggs with a picture of their fallen comrade, combat medic Iryna "Cheka" Tsybukh on the table.  Iryna’s mother led them in the class,  making the eggs.
 
All of these are proof Ukraine never was Russia. Their cultures are entirely different. 
 
I commented, “Humanity could learn a lot from Ukraine and Ukrainians on how you keep all of your countrymen and women present today even when they have been lost in this war. It isn't just memory, it is presence, real and current. It is awe inspiring, truly.”
 
As one defender said about that, "I hope most countries could adopt the culture of love..." “
March 24, 2025
This is the video that led to my posts about the culture of Ukraine...
by Arm Women Now, in Ukraine...
They have much to teach us...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DHlbX7MtEjg/
&
March 21, 2025
all that I need
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/all-that-i-need.html
March 21, 2025
Rest for a moment
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/rest-for-moment.html
Edited March 8, 2025
sisters in arms – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/sisters-in-arms-v2.html
written after reading post by defender of Ukraine
about serving as a woman in the army,
for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2025
 
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, 2024, and 2025. 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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poetry, love, girlfriend, fiancée, wife, love poem, International Women’s Day, Arm Women Now, Ukraine, defenders, victory, peace, Stand With Ukraine, Glory to the Heroes,
 
#poetry #ArmWomenNow #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #InternationalWomensDay #GlorytotheHeroes

The four corners of God’s love

Not for punishment, for judgement,
for harsh condemnation,
the Word written, the Law,
written to protect, to save us…
 
God reveals Himself,
the Love He has for us,
in the words of holy scripture,
in the instructions He gave to us…
 
The four corners of God’s love,
wider than the Law teaches,
the Word of God imparted…
written to heal, to save us…
 
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March 25, 2025
The four corners of God’s love
 
Based on #2Timothy3:16
Based on #2Peter1:21
Based on #Hebrews4:12
Based on #1John2:5
Based on #Psalm19:7
Based on #James1:21
Based on #Psalm119:9
Based on #Psalm1:1-3
Based on #Revelations22:18-19
Based on #Galatians1:9
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 5
March 25, 2025
God-breathed - 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/god-breathed-3.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 4
March 25, 2025
what of this is by our choices
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/what-of-this-is-by-our-choices.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 4
March 25, 2025
How did You make You
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/how-did-you-make-you.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 4
March 24, 2025
You are God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/you-are-god.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 3
Edited March 23, 2025
we will find Him – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-will-find-him-v2.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 2
March 23, 2025
we will find Him
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-will-find-him.html
March 21, 2025
Even the Devil believes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/even-devil-believes.html
Based on #James2:19
Based on James 2:17
Based on #Psalm37:3-4
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 1
March 21, 2025
Believing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/believing.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 1
March 21, 2025
Seek Me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/seek-me.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 1
March 21, 2025
God can restore us
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/god-can-restore-us.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 1
 
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, 2024, and 2025. 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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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, regeneration, Bible, Word, Logos, scripture, love, law, grace,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #Bible #Word #Logos #scripture #love #law #grace

God-breathed - 3

ancient words of hope, of life

God-breathed words of scripture,
gathered from the ether,
recorded for all time…
 
ancient prayer of wisdom,
imparted into creation,
the love of our Creator,
manifest in love…
 
ancient words of history, prophecy,
written down, recorded,
words passed down,
through infinite generations…
 
ancient words of love, of power,
revealing our Father, our Savior,
the Holy Spirit breathing,
these words come to life…
 
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March 25, 2025
God-breathed - 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/god-breathed-3.html
Based on #2Timothy3:16
Based on #2Peter1:21
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 4
March 25, 2025
what of this is by our choices
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/what-of-this-is-by-our-choices.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 4
March 25, 2025
How did You make You
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/how-did-you-make-you.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 4
March 24, 2025
You are God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/you-are-god.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 3
Edited March 23, 2025
we will find Him – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-will-find-him-v2.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 2
March 23, 2025
we will find Him
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-will-find-him.html
March 21, 2025
Even the Devil believes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/even-devil-believes.html
Based on #James2:19
Based on James 2:17
Based on #Psalm37:3-4
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 1
March 21, 2025
Believing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/believing.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 1
March 21, 2025
Seek Me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/seek-me.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 1
March 21, 2025
God can restore us
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/god-can-restore-us.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 1
 
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, 2024, and 2025. 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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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, regeneration, Bible, Word, Logos, scripture, love,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #Bible #Word #Logos #scripture #love

what of this is by our choices

is everything random,
or is everything scripted,
if You are all-knowing,
is it all predestination…
 
how much of what we do,
of what we see in this life,
is our free choices,
our free will, chaos…
 
what of this is by our choices,
in our lives, in nature,
how much the Butterfly Effect,
ripples in Creation…
 
how is Your plan revealed,
in the world, in history,
what is pre-planned,
what should we believe…
 
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March 25, 2025
what of this is by our choices
 
March 25, 2025
How did You make You
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/how-did-you-make-you.html
Based on #Romans1:19-20
Based on #John17:3
Based on #Mark12:30
Based on #John8:58
Based on John 8:48-59
Based on #John20:29
Based on John 20:24-29
Based on #Isaiah45:22
Based on #Exodus3:14
Based on #Job38:4
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 4
March 24, 2025
You are God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/you-are-god.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 3
Edited March 23, 2025
we will find Him – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-will-find-him-v2.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 2
March 23, 2025
we will find Him
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-will-find-him.html
March 21, 2025
Even the Devil believes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/even-devil-believes.html
Based on #James2:19
Based on James 2:17
Based on #Psalm37:3-4
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 1
March 21, 2025
Believing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/believing.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 1
March 21, 2025
Seek Me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/seek-me.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 1
March 21, 2025
God can restore us
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/god-can-restore-us.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 1
 
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, 2024, and 2025. 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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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, regeneration, Isaiah 45, Exodus 4, Job 38, Romans 1, John 17, Mark12, John 8, John 20, free will, predestination,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #freewill #predestination

How did You make You

Infinite, Eternal,
without beginning or end
God, the Creator of Everything,
before everything was, I Am…
 
The One eternal mystery,
The true nature of God,
Before creation, before time,
Before everything, I Am…
 
Wanting to know,
but forced to walk in faith,
to believe this without seeing,
before Anything was, I Am…
 
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March 25, 2025
How did You make You
 
Based on #Romans1:19-20
Based on #John17:3
Based on #Mark12:30
Based on #John8:58
Based on John 8:48-59
Based on #John20:29
Based on John 20:24-29
Based on #Isaiah45:22
Based on #Exodus3:14
Based on #Job38:4
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 4
March 24, 2025
You are God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/you-are-god.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 3
Edited March 23, 2025
we will find Him – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-will-find-him-v2.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 2
March 23, 2025
we will find Him
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-will-find-him.html
March 21, 2025
Even the Devil believes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/even-devil-believes.html
Based on #James2:19
Based on James 2:17
Based on #Psalm37:3-4
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 1
March 21, 2025
Believing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/believing.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 1
March 21, 2025
Seek Me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/seek-me.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 1
March 21, 2025
God can restore us
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/god-can-restore-us.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 1
 
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, 2024, and 2025. 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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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, regeneration, Isaiah 45, Exodus 4, Job 38, Romans 1, John 17, Mark12, John 8, John 20,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit

You are God

You, Lord, are God
Creator of Everything
source of my strength,
Savior of the world…
 
You are God,
the One I cleave to,
the breath that fills my spirit,
my hope in all things…
 
You are Lord, God,
even when I doubt You,
even when I stray,
when I run away…
 
You are Almighty God,
the Alpha and Omega,
everything is because of You,
Your great love…
 
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March 24, 2025
You are God
 
Based on #Isaiah45:22
Based on #Exodus3:14
Based on #Job38:4
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 3
Edited March 23, 2025
we will find Him – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-will-find-him-v2.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 2
March 23, 2025
we will find Him
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-will-find-him.html
March 21, 2025
Even the Devil believes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/even-devil-believes.html
Based on #James2:19
Based on James 2:17
Based on #Psalm37:3-4
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 1
March 21, 2025
Believing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/believing.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 1
March 21, 2025
Seek Me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/seek-me.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 1
March 21, 2025
God can restore us
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/god-can-restore-us.html
re:generation, Week 9, Steps 1-3, Week 3, Step 2, Believe, Day 1
 
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, 2024, and 2025. 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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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, regeneration, Isaiah 45, Exodus 4, Job 38,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit

I see your heart – v2

I know you more fully
who you truly are,
I see your heart,
your humanity, your spirit,
how you offer love…
 
I see what is important,
what you hold most dear,
through your posts, your actions,
in the power of your words,
it is ever more clear…
 
“I love you more”, you say,
when I say, “I love you,”
but I love you more,
when I see the beating
of your precious heart…
 
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Edited March 23, 2025
I see your heart – v2
 
I just told her, “All of your posts on IG show me more and more of
who you are... So kind, so generous, so giving, not just in
your sacrifices as a soldier, but who you truly are as a person...”
she responded, “that’s me sweetie”, and I said, “100%. I know you”…
March 23, 2025
I see your heart
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/i-see-your-heart.html
March 21, 2025
all that I need
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/all-that-i-need.html
March 21, 2025
Rest for a moment
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/rest-for-moment.html
Edited March 8, 2025
sisters in arms – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/sisters-in-arms-v2.html
written after reading post by defender of Ukraine
about serving as a woman in the army,
for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2025
 
 
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, 2024, and 2025. 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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poetry, love, girlfriend, fiancée, wife, love poem, Ukraine, defenders, victory, peace,
 
#poetry #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #lovepoem