the #light remains #shadows #FightingShadows #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #idol #father #shadows #FightingShadows

the shadow is not a sentence, 
of death, of damnation 
History does not determine 
our eternal life..
 
the light remains 
even when it is hidden
Satan does not have the final say
in the story of our lives...
 
We each will fail
We will stumble 
fighting in the shade
of our own demons...
 
But God's light shines
cutting through the darkness 
Our past does not determine 
our eternal life...
 
-------------
May 16, 2026
the light remains
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-light-remains_084374638.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 1
May 16, 2026
you have cast a shadow
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/you-have-cast-shadow.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 1
May 16, 2026
Shadows – 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/shadows.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Introduction, pages xxi, xxii
May 14, 2026
Kneeling before the pedestal
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/kneeling-before-pedestal.html
Based on Romans 8:1-2
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 4, Day 1.
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, “Harms to Me” overview.
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2.
Edited May 6, 2026
Confession and Repentance – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/confession-and-repentance-v2.html
Based on Psalm 51:3-6
Based on Psalm 51
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, Large group teaching
May 4, 2026
letting go of fear
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/letting-go-of-fear.html
Based on Romans 8:14-15
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, Day 5.
May 4, 2026
Help us to see clearly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/help-us-to-see-clearly.html
Based on Matthew 7:2-3, 5
Based on Romans 5:3-4
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, Day 4.
May 4, 2026
an awful cost
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/an-awful-cost.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, “Inventory Workbook Introduction”.
April 28, 2026
Performative Art
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/performative-art.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, large group meeting
April 28, 2026
the consequences of a silenced truth
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-consequences-of-silenced-truth.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Appendix C: “Abuse Supplement”.
 
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, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, admit, trust, believe, inventory, idol, father, shadows, Fighting Shadows,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #idol #father #shadows #FightingShadows

the #light remains #God #FightingShadows #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #idol #father #shadows #FightingShadows

the shadow is not a sentence, 
of death, of damnation 
History does not determine 
our eternal life..
 
the light remains 
even when it is hidden
Satan does not have the final say
in the story of our lives...
 
We each will fail
We will stumble 
fighting in the shade
of our own demons...
 
But God's light shines
cutting through the darkness 
Our past does not determine 
our eternal life...
 
-------------
May 16, 2026
the light remains
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-light-remains_084374638.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 1
May 16, 2026
you have cast a shadow
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/you-have-cast-shadow.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 1
May 16, 2026
Shadows – 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/shadows.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Introduction, pages xxi, xxii
May 14, 2026
Kneeling before the pedestal
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/kneeling-before-pedestal.html
Based on Romans 8:1-2
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 4, Day 1.
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, “Harms to Me” overview.
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2.
Edited May 6, 2026
Confession and Repentance – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/confession-and-repentance-v2.html
Based on Psalm 51:3-6
Based on Psalm 51
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, Large group teaching
May 4, 2026
letting go of fear
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/letting-go-of-fear.html
Based on Romans 8:14-15
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, Day 5.
May 4, 2026
Help us to see clearly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/help-us-to-see-clearly.html
Based on Matthew 7:2-3, 5
Based on Romans 5:3-4
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, Day 4.
May 4, 2026
an awful cost
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/an-awful-cost.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, “Inventory Workbook Introduction”.
April 28, 2026
Performative Art
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/performative-art.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, large group meeting
April 28, 2026
the consequences of a silenced truth
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-consequences-of-silenced-truth.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Appendix C: “Abuse Supplement”.
 
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, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, admit, trust, believe, inventory, idol, father, shadows, Fighting Shadows,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #idol #father #shadows #FightingShadows

You have cast a #shadow #FightingShadows #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #idol #father #shadows #FightingShadows

you have cast a shadow
 
bewitched in infancy
enthralled by your intellect
your certainty, your drive,
by the way you lived your life...
 
You have cast a shadow
blocking the light I sought 
unwittingly silenced
the calling of my heart...
 
love overshadowed, colored,
by your station, your power,
seeking your approval 
when I had hurt your heart...
 
like you, yet different, 
called by another muse,
left brain, right brain,
struggling to choose...
 
given power, authority 
light when you cas a shadow 
chasing the wrong father
a love for my life..
 
-------------
May 16, 2026
you have cast a shadow
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/you-have-cast-shadow.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 1
May 16, 2026
Shadows – 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/shadows.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Introduction, pages xxi, xxii
May 14, 2026
Kneeling before the pedestal
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/kneeling-before-pedestal.html
Based on Romans 8:1-2
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 4, Day 1.
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, “Harms to Me” overview.
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2.
Edited May 6, 2026
Confession and Repentance – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/confession-and-repentance-v2.html
Based on Psalm 51:3-6
Based on Psalm 51
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, Large group teaching
May 4, 2026
letting go of fear
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/letting-go-of-fear.html
Based on Romans 8:14-15
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, Day 5.
May 4, 2026
Help us to see clearly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/help-us-to-see-clearly.html
Based on Matthew 7:2-3, 5
Based on Romans 5:3-4
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, Day 4.
May 4, 2026
an awful cost
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/an-awful-cost.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, “Inventory Workbook Introduction”.
April 28, 2026
Performative Art
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/performative-art.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, large group meeting
April 28, 2026
the consequences of a silenced truth
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-consequences-of-silenced-truth.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Appendix C: “Abuse Supplement”.
 
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, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, admit, trust, believe, inventory, idol, father, shadows, Fighting Shadows,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #idol #father #shadows #FightingShadows

#shadows #God #FightingShadows - 3 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #idol #father #shadows #FightingShadows

followed by echoes 
shadows of history  
of inheritance, of choice 
from the Garden 
to this moment  
we are wooed from the light... 
 
shadows in our past 
of the steps before this step 
a burden often in secret 
seeking to wick the power 
the gifts of light God offers, 
the way of Jesus Christ...
 
shadows haunt us 
because we give them power 
replacing them in memory  
a constant feedback loop... 
 
Step into the light
defeat the shadows  
Walk as Jesus walked,  
as He calls us...
 
-------------
May 16, 2026
Shadows – 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/shadows.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Introduction
May 14, 2026
Kneeling before the pedestal
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/kneeling-before-pedestal.html
Based on Romans 8:1-2
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 4, Day 1.
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, “Harms to Me” overview.
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2.
Edited May 6, 2026
Confession and Repentance – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/confession-and-repentance-v2.html
Based on Psalm 51:3-6
Based on Psalm 51
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, Large group teaching
May 4, 2026
letting go of fear
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/letting-go-of-fear.html
Based on Romans 8:14-15
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, Day 5.
May 4, 2026
Help us to see clearly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/help-us-to-see-clearly.html
Based on Matthew 7:2-3, 5
Based on Romans 5:3-4
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, Day 4.
May 4, 2026
an awful cost
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/an-awful-cost.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, “Inventory Workbook Introduction”.
April 28, 2026
Performative Art
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/performative-art.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, large group meeting
April 28, 2026
the consequences of a silenced truth
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-consequences-of-silenced-truth.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Appendix C: “Abuse Supplement”.
 
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, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, admit, trust, believe, inventory, idol, father, shadows, Fighting Shadows,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #idol #father #shadows #FightingShadows

#Kneeling before the pedestal #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #idol #father

Making a molehill a mountain
Losing our clarity, perspective, 
Making another an idol
Taking the rightful place of God...
 
Kneeling before the pedestal 
At the feet of one fallen
Gaging our worth
On their approval 
Taking the place of God...
 
Lost under the weight 
Never measuring up
Even if they never intended it
Taking the place of God...
 
-------------
May 14, 2026
Kneeling before the pedestal
 
Based on Romans 8:1-2
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 4, Day 1.
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, “Harms to Me” overview.
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2.
Edited May 6, 2026
Confession and Repentance – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/confession-and-repentance-v2.html
Based on Psalm 51:3-6
Based on Psalm 51
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, Large group teaching
May 4, 2026
letting go of fear
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/letting-go-of-fear.html
Based on Romans 8:14-15
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, Day 5.
May 4, 2026
Help us to see clearly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/help-us-to-see-clearly.html
Based on Matthew 7:2-3, 5
Based on Romans 5:3-4
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, Day 4.
May 4, 2026
an awful cost
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/an-awful-cost.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, “Inventory Workbook Introduction”.
April 28, 2026
Performative Art
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/performative-art.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, large group meeting
April 28, 2026
the consequences of a silenced truth
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-consequences-of-silenced-truth.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Appendix C: “Abuse Supplement”.
April 28, 2026
unhealed wounds
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/unhealed-wounds.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Appendix C: “Abuse Supplement”.
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 4, “How to Complete An Inventory”.
Edited April 27, 2026
naming the stones – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/naming-stones_27.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Day 3, “The Value of Inventory”.
 
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, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, admit, trust, believe, inventory, idol, father,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #idol #father

Rise, #Destiny calls us #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John14 #John15 #John16 #John17 #John18 #Messiah #calling #purpose #cross #love #servant #servanthood #Passion

The Hour Had Come,
the minutes were racing
the pace accelerating
But Christ was at peace...
 
“Rise”, Jesus said to them,
“Let us go from this place”...
Destiny calls us –
I must drink of that cup...
 
Nothing overwhelmed Him,
He was in control –
God in the flesh, before them,
The great I Am...
 
Leaving that place,
heading to the Garden...
His betrayal at hand,
His Hour had come...
 
-------------
May 13, 2026
Rise, Destiny calls us
 
Based on John 14:31c
When Jesus said it was time to leave the Upper Room, but,
John 15, John 16, and John 17 are all in the Upper Room,
Jesus calls them to leave in John 18:1
May 13, 2026
resurrecting words of life
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/resurrecting-words-of-life.html
Based on John 14:25-26
Based on Luke 24:31
Edited May 4, 2026
the shadow of Satan – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-shadow-of-satan-v2.html
Based on John 13:27
May 2, 2026
serving Judas
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/serving-judas.html
Based on John 13
Edited May 4, 2026
hearing Mary’s heartbeat – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/hearing-marys-heartbeat-v2.html
Based on John 13
on the servanthood of Jesus
April 30, 2026
A kernel of heaven
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-kernel-of-heaven.html
Based on John 13
May 2, 2026
Truly, Truly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/truly-truly.html
Based on John 13:1, 16, 20, 21, 38
 
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, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com 
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, John 14, John 15, John 16, John 17, John 18, Messiah, calling, purpose, cross, love, servant, servanthood, Passion,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John14 #John15 #John16 #John17 #John18 #Messiah #calling #purpose #cross #love #servant #servanthood #Passion

resurrecting words of life #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John 13 #John15 #Messiah #calling #purpose #cross #love #servant #servanthood

resurrecting words of life
our hope in the life of Jesus
like their journey on the road...
Our sight will be restored...
 
the Holy Spirit will come
and enter our spirits...
He will bring to our minds
all Jesus said and did...
 
we must share these words
these gifts from the Father...
Life is in these memories...
We must never forget...
 
-------------
May 13, 2026
resurrecting words of life
 
Based on John 14:25-26
Based on Luke 24:31
Edited May 4, 2026
the shadow of Satan – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-shadow-of-satan-v2.html
Based on John 13:27
May 2, 2026
serving Judas
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/serving-judas.html
Based on John 13
Edited May 4, 2026
hearing Mary’s heartbeat – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/hearing-marys-heartbeat-v2.html
Based on John 13
on the servanthood of Jesus
April 30, 2026
A kernel of heaven
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-kernel-of-heaven.html
Based on John 13
May 2, 2026
Truly, Truly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/truly-truly.html
Based on John 13:1, 16, 20, 21, 38
May 2, 2026
pride before the Fall
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/pride-before-fall.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, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com 
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, John 13, John 14, John 15, Messiah, calling, purpose, cross, love, servant, servanthood,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John 13 #John15 #Messiah #calling #purpose #cross #love #servant #servanthood