seeing through our sadness – v5

more than through our joy

our moments of happiness

too easy let go of maybe

to remember God’s presence

holding onto sorrow

to the lessons we learn

we hold onto, we remember,

our challenges somehow

seeing through our sadness

a new truth, reality

grist for the mill, hunger

we grow, we change

sight in new struggle

growing new eyes

vision from experience

the best teacher somehow

able to see further

a deeper understanding

seeing through our sadness

the truth of God, His power

====

edited November 5, 2014

seeing through our sadness – v5

(editing version 2)

edited October 24, 2014

seeing through our sadness – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/seeing-through-our-sadness-v4.html

(editing version 2)

edited October 6, 2014

seeing through our sadness – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/seeing-through-our-sadness-v3.html

(editing version 2)

edited August 18, 2014

seeing through our sadness – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/08/seeing-through-our-sadness-v2.html

August 18, 2014

seeing through our sadness

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/08/seeing-through-our-sadness.html

Devozine for August 11, 2014 to August 17, 2014

www.devozine.org

“+ gratitude”

&

“Gratitude Weekend!”

“for times of sadness”

http://devozine.upperroom.org/articles/times-sadness/

quote from “Letters to a Young Poet”,

http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/letters-young-poet-first-letter

by Rainer Maria Rilke

http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/rainer-maria-rilke

devotion by Andrew Garland Breeden

for August 16, 2014

read August 18, 2014

&

Patten Methodist Youth Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/pattenmethodistyouth/

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

Patten, ME

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 33,320+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

seeing through our sadness – v4

seeing through our sadness maybe

more than through our joy

our moments of happiness

too easy let go of maybe

holding onto sorrow

to the lessons we learn

we hold onto, we remember,

our challenges somehow

more clearly, held more tightly

seeing through our sadness

a new truth, reality

grist for the mill, hunger

we grow, we change,

drawing closer to You

sight in new struggle

growing new eyes

vision from experience

the best teacher, somehow,

able to see further, deeper,

a deeper understanding

seeing through our sadness

the truth of God, His power and

the grace of our Savior, His sacrifice

====

edited October 24, 2014

seeing through our sadness – v4

(editing version 2)

edited October 6, 2014

seeing through our sadness – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/seeing-through-our-sadness-v3.html

(editing version 2)

edited August 18, 2014

seeing through our sadness – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/08/seeing-through-our-sadness-v2.html

August 18, 2014

seeing through our sadness

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/08/seeing-through-our-sadness.html

Devozine for August 11, 2014 to August 17, 2014

www.devozine.org

“+ gratitude”

&

“Gratitude Weekend!”

“for times of sadness”

http://devozine.upperroom.org/articles/times-sadness/

quote from “Letters to a Young Poet”,

http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/letters-young-poet-first-letter

by Rainer Maria Rilke

http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/rainer-maria-rilke

devotion by Andrew Garland Breeden

for August 16, 2014

read August 18, 2014

&

Patten Methodist Youth Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/pattenmethodistyouth/

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

Patten, ME

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 33,020+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

seeing through our sadness – v3

the depth of meaning, of purpose

of God’s hand upon us, our lives,

seen more than through our joy

our moments of happiness

too easy let go of maybe, perhaps

not stopping to thank Him, to acknowledge

we hold onto, we remember,

our challenges somehow

holding onto sorrow

to the lessons we learn

seeing through our sadness

a new truth, reality

grist for the mill, hunger

we grow, we change,

sight in new struggle

growing new eyes

vision from experience

the best teacher

nothing we learn from others

from reading, history,

truly able to see further

a deeper understanding

seeing through our sadness

the truth of God, His power

the grace of our Savior, His sacrifice

His love for us

====

edited October 6, 2014

seeing through our sadness – v3

edited August 18, 2014

seeing through our sadness – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/08/seeing-through-our-sadness-v2.html

August 18, 2014

seeing through our sadness

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/08/seeing-through-our-sadness.html

Devozine for August 11, 2014 to August 17, 2014

www.devozine.org

“+ gratitude”

&

“Gratitude Weekend!”

“for times of sadness”

http://devozine.upperroom.org/articles/times-sadness/

quote from “Letters to a Young Poet”,

http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/letters-young-poet-first-letter

by Rainer Maria Rilke

http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/rainer-maria-rilke

devotion by Andrew Garland Breeden

for August 16, 2014

read August 18, 2014

&

Patten Methodist Youth Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/pattenmethodistyouth/

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

Patten, ME

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 32,620+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Give Thanks

Give thanks

not a special occasion

a singular day

God’s hope

for us to be thankful

come what may

Give thanks

in trials,

in all of our lives

ever always.

====

August 19, 2014

Give Thanks

Devozine for August 11, 2014 to August 17, 2014

www.devozine.org

“+ gratitude”

&

1 Thessalonians 5:18a

“Thanks Giving”

devotion by Richard Lawton

for August 12, 2014

read August 18, 2014

&

Isaiah 12:4b

“Reminder: Count Your Blessings”

devotion by

for August 11, 2014

read August 18, 2014

&

 “Gratitude Weekend!”

“Next Day Stretch

for August 17, 2014

read August 18, 2014

&

“Gratitude Weekend!”

“for times of sadness”

http://devozine.upperroom.org/articles/times-sadness/

quote from “Letters to a Young Poet”,

http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/letters-young-poet-first-letter

by Rainer Maria Rilke

http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/rainer-maria-rilke

devotion by Andrew Garland Breeden

for August 16, 2014

read August 18, 2014

&

Proverbs 20:7 (NRSV)

Proverbs 22:9 (NRSV)

“A Life of Blessing”

devotion by Annette Ensz

for August 14, 2014

read August 14, 2014

&

Patten Methodist Youth Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/pattenmethodistyouth/

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

Patten, ME

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 31,840+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

counting my blessings

trying to change

my perspective

to see my blessings

not my sorrows

the gifts of God

given to me.

====

August 19, 2014

counting my blessings

Devozine for August 11, 2014 to August 17, 2014

www.devozine.org

“+ gratitude”

&

Isaiah 12:4b

“Reminder: Count Your Blessings”

devotion by

for August 11, 2014

read August 18, 2014

&

“Gratitude Weekend!”

“Next Day Stretch

for August 17, 2014

read August 18, 2014

&

“Gratitude Weekend!”

“for times of sadness”

http://devozine.upperroom.org/articles/times-sadness/

quote from “Letters to a Young Poet”,

http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/letters-young-poet-first-letter

by Rainer Maria Rilke

http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/rainer-maria-rilke

devotion by Andrew Garland Breeden

for August 16, 2014

read August 18, 2014

&

Proverbs 20:7 (NRSV)

Proverbs 22:9 (NRSV)

“A Life of Blessing”

devotion by Annette Ensz

for August 14, 2014

read August 14, 2014

&

Patten Methodist Youth Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/pattenmethodistyouth/

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

Patten, ME

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 31,840+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Pushing through my weakness

my only hope in progress

in chipping away at the piles

the burdens, the tasks not leaving

by my inattention, my fear

separating me from God

pushing through my weakness

my doubts, my avoidance

with the help of my Savior

only in doing, going,

do I have hope at all.

====

August 18, 2014

Pushing through my weakness

Devozine for August 11, 2014 to August 17, 2014

www.devozine.org

“+ gratitude”

&

“Gratitude Weekend!”

“Next Day Stretch

for August 17, 2014

read August 18, 2014

&

“Gratitude Weekend!”

“for times of sadness”

http://devozine.upperroom.org/articles/times-sadness/

quote from “Letters to a Young Poet”,

http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/letters-young-poet-first-letter

by Rainer Maria Rilke

http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/rainer-maria-rilke

devotion by Andrew Garland Breeden

for August 16, 2014

read August 18, 2014

&

Patten Methodist Youth Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/pattenmethodistyouth/

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

Patten, ME

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 31,840+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

seeing through our sadness – v2

more than through our joy

our moments of happiness

too easy let go of maybe

holding onto sorrow

to the lessons we learn

we hold onto, we remember,

our challenges somehow

seeing through our sadness

a new truth, reality

grist for the mill, hunger

we grow, we change,

sight in new struggle

growing new eyes

vision from experience

the best teacher

able to see further

a deeper understanding

seeing through our sadness

the truth of God, His power

the grace of our Savior, His sacrifice

====

edited August 18, 2014

seeing through our sadness – v2

August 18, 2014

seeing through our sadness

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/08/seeing-through-our-sadness.html

Devozine for August 11, 2014 to August 17, 2014

www.devozine.org

“+ gratitude”

&

“Gratitude Weekend!”

“for times of sadness”

http://devozine.upperroom.org/articles/times-sadness/

quote from “Letters to a Young Poet”,

http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/letters-young-poet-first-letter

by Rainer Maria Rilke

http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/rainer-maria-rilke

devotion by Andrew Garland Breeden

for August 16, 2014

read August 18, 2014

&

Patten Methodist Youth Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/pattenmethodistyouth/

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

Patten, ME

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 36,680+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

seeing through our sadness

seeing through our sadness

a new truth, reality

grist for the mill, hunger

sight in new struggle

growing new eyes

vision from experience

the best teacher

able to see further

a deeper understanding

seeing through our sadness

====

August 18, 2014

seeing through our sadness

Devozine for August 11, 2014 to August 17, 2014

www.devozine.org

“+ gratitude”

&

“Gratitude Weekend!”

“for times of sadness”

http://devozine.upperroom.org/articles/times-sadness/

quote from “Letters to a Young Poet”,

http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/letters-young-poet-first-letter

by Rainer Maria Rilke

http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/rainer-maria-rilke

devotion by Andrew Garland Breeden

for August 16, 2014

read August 18, 2014

&

Patten Methodist Youth Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/pattenmethodistyouth/

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

Patten, ME

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 31,840+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.