once we were perfect

once we were perfect,
innocent of sin;
we walked with God
in the cool of the evening.
 
====  

May 20, 2022

once we were perfect

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/once-we-were-perfect.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, and 2022. 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, Christ, God, Spirit, grace, love, faith, prayer, calling, Eden, Genesis, Man,

 

#poetry #God #Christ #love #grace #Spirit #faith #prayer #calling #Eden #Genesis #Man

We are given #dominion over the #Garden = v2

We are given dominion over the Garden,
over the forces of evil, over creation;
Dominion is restored to us by Jesus
our risen Savior and Lord.
 
We are joined by guardians of the Garden
sentinels of heaven, angels among us,
watching over us, protecting our lives.
 
We have power over life and death,
over healing, over restoration;
We are to lead others to Jesus,
the risen second Adam.
 
Guardian angles may be hidden from us
but they are there in times of struggle
protecting our hearts, our lives.
 
We are placed once more in the Garden
to point others to Christ Jesus;
We are to offer a healing touch
to defeat the forces of evil.

 

--------------------  

edited October 29, 2021

Angels all around us – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/angels-all-around-us-v2.html

edited, merged October 29, 2021

We are given dominion over the Garden – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/we-are-given-dominion-over-garden-v2.html

Guardians of the Garden

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/guardians-of-garden.html

edited October 29, 2021

We are given dominion over the Garden

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/we-are-given-dominion-over-garden.html

October 29, 2021

Dominion over the Garden

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/dominion-over-garden.html

October 29, 2021

Angels all around us

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/angels-all-around-us.html
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/angels-all-around-us_29.html

edited October 13, 2021

garden healing – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/garden-healing-v2.html

October 13, 2021

garden healing

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/garden-healing.html

edited October 29, 2021

at home in the water – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/at-home-in-water-v2.html

October 29, 2021

at home in the water

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/at-home-in-water.html

edited October 28, 2021

Dance – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/dance-v3.html

edited October 28, 2021

dance – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/dance-v2.html

October 28, 2021

dance

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/dance.html

seemingly dead tree across from our unit

photo taken October 7, 2021

merged October 27, 2021

Wings of earth-bound angels – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/wings-of-earth-bound-angels-v3.html

edited October 27, 2021

vessels for their bodies – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/vessels-for-their-bodies-v3.html

edited October 27, 2021

vessels for their bodies – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/vessels-for-their-bodies-v2.html

October 27, 2021

vessels for their bodies

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/vessels-for-their-bodies.html

edited October 26, 2021

Wings of earth-bound angels – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/wings-of-earth-bound-angels-v2.html

edited October 26, 2021

Wings of earth-bound angels

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/wings-of-earth-bound-angels_26.html

edited October 26, 2021

Dinosaur Spines – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/dinosaur-spines-v2.html

edited/new name October 26, 2021

Dinosaur Spines

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/dinosaur-spines.html

October 26, 2021

Wings of the earth-bound angels

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/wings-of-earth-bound-angels.html

October 26, 2021

spines of the palms

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/spines-of-palms.html

edited October 24, 2021

the darkened beach – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-darkened-beach-v2.html

edited October 24, 2021

Crossing the plane of the dunes – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/crossing-plane-of-dunes-v2.html

October 13, 2021

the darkened beach

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-darkened-beach.html

October 10, 2021

Crossing the plane of the dunes

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/crossing-plane-of-dunes.html

edited October 23, 2021

The Dance of the Pelicans – v5

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dance-of-pelicans-v5.html

adding stanza 1

edited October 22, 2021

the dance of the pelicans – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dance-of-pelicans-v4.html

edited October 21, 2021

the dance of the pelicans – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dance-of-pelicans-v3.html 

merged October 21, 2021

another pelican morning – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/another-pelican-morning-v2.html

edited October 14, 2021

the dance of the pelicans – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dance-of-pelicans-v2.html

October 14, 2021

the dance of the pelicans

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dance-of-pelicans.html

October 10, 2021

another pelican morning

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/another-pelican-morning.html

 

 

poetry, God, Father, Christ, Spirit, Garden, Eden, Adam, Jesus, Second Adam, Savior, Lord, dominion, power, healing,

 

#poetry #God #Father #Christ #Spirit #Garden #Eden #Adam #Jesus #SecondAdam #Savior #Lord #dominion #power #healing

 

 

poetry, God, creation, Florida, St. Augustine, palm trees, angels, branches, Maleficent, wings, flowers, plants

 

#poetry #God #Florida #StAugustine #palm #angels #wings #flowers #plants

 

 

poetry, God, garden, Eden, Gethsemane, healing, garden healing, Young Living, essential oils, plants, salvation, prayer, rocks, crystals,

 

#poetry #God #garden #Eden #Gethsemane #healing #gardenhealing #yleo

 

 

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, and 2021. 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.

We are given dominion over the Garden

We are given dominion over the Garden,
over the forces of evil, over creation;
Dominion is restored to us by Jesus
our risen Savior and Lord.
 
We have power over life and death,
over healing, restoration;
We are to lead others to Jesus,
the risen second Adam.
 
We are placed once more in the Garden
to point others to Christ Jesus;
We are to gift a healing touch
to defeat the forces of evil.

 

--------------------  

October 29, 2021

Guardians of the Garden

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/guardians-of-garden.html

edited October 29, 2021

We are given dominion over the Garden

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/we-are-given-dominion-over-garden.html

October 29, 2021

Dominion over the Garden

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/dominion-over-garden.html

October 29, 2021

Angels all around us

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/angels-all-around-us.html
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/angels-all-around-us_29.html

 

poetry, God, Father, Christ, Spirit, Garden, Eden, Adam, Jesus, Second Adam, Savior, Lord, dominion, power, healing,

 

#poetry #God #Father #Christ #Spirit #Garden #Eden #Adam #Jesus #SecondAdam #Savior #Lord #dominion #power #healing

 

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, and 2021. 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.

Angels all around us

Surrounded by breathtaking beauty
angels all around us, dancing,
standing watch, protecting,
journeying with us in the Garden,
rising from the earth.
 
Angels all around us, shining,
sharing God’s love with us,
ambassadors of heaven,
sentinels in the Garden
watching over us.

-------------  

edited October 29, 2021

Angels all around us – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/angels-all-around-us-v2.html

edited, merged October 29, 2021

We are given dominion over the Garden – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/we-are-given-dominion-over-garden-v2.html

Guardians of the Garden

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/guardians-of-garden.html

edited October 29, 2021

We are given dominion over the Garden

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/we-are-given-dominion-over-garden.html

October 29, 2021

Dominion over the Garden

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/dominion-over-garden.html

October 29, 2021

Angels all around us

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/angels-all-around-us.html
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/angels-all-around-us_29.html

edited October 13, 2021

garden healing – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/garden-healing-v2.html

October 13, 2021

garden healing

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/garden-healing.html

edited October 29, 2021

at home in the water – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/at-home-in-water-v2.html

October 29, 2021

at home in the water

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/at-home-in-water.html

edited October 28, 2021

Dance – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/dance-v3.html

edited October 28, 2021

dance – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/dance-v2.html

October 28, 2021

dance

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/dance.html

seemingly dead tree across from our unit

photo taken October 7, 2021

merged October 27, 2021

Wings of earth-bound angels – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/wings-of-earth-bound-angels-v3.html

edited October 27, 2021

vessels for their bodies – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/vessels-for-their-bodies-v3.html

edited October 27, 2021

vessels for their bodies – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/vessels-for-their-bodies-v2.html

October 27, 2021

vessels for their bodies

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/vessels-for-their-bodies.html

edited October 26, 2021

Wings of earth-bound angels – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/wings-of-earth-bound-angels-v2.html

edited October 26, 2021

Wings of earth-bound angels

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/wings-of-earth-bound-angels_26.html

edited October 26, 2021

Dinosaur Spines – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/dinosaur-spines-v2.html

edited/new name October 26, 2021

Dinosaur Spines

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/dinosaur-spines.html

October 26, 2021

Wings of the earth-bound angels

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/wings-of-earth-bound-angels.html

October 26, 2021

spines of the palms

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/spines-of-palms.html

edited October 24, 2021

the darkened beach – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-darkened-beach-v2.html

edited October 24, 2021

Crossing the plane of the dunes – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/crossing-plane-of-dunes-v2.html

October 13, 2021

the darkened beach

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-darkened-beach.html

October 10, 2021

Crossing the plane of the dunes

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/crossing-plane-of-dunes.html

edited October 23, 2021

The Dance of the Pelicans – v5

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dance-of-pelicans-v5.html

adding stanza 1

edited October 22, 2021

the dance of the pelicans – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dance-of-pelicans-v4.html

edited October 21, 2021

the dance of the pelicans – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dance-of-pelicans-v3.html 

merged October 21, 2021

another pelican morning – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/another-pelican-morning-v2.html

edited October 14, 2021

the dance of the pelicans – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dance-of-pelicans-v2.html

October 14, 2021

the dance of the pelicans

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dance-of-pelicans.html

October 10, 2021

another pelican morning

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/another-pelican-morning.html

 

poetry, God, creation, Florida, St. Augustine, palm trees, angels, branches, Maleficent, wings, flowers, plants

 

#poetry #God #Florida #StAugustine #palm #angels #wings #flowers #plants

 

poetry, God, garden, Eden, Gethsemane, healing, garden healing, Young Living, essential oils, plants, salvation, prayer, rocks, crystals,

 

#poetry #God #garden #Eden #Gethsemane #healing #gardenhealing #yleo

 

 

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, and 2021. 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.

Dominion over the Garden

Dominion over the Garden,
over the forces of evil,
restored to us by Jesus
our risen Savior and Lord.
 
Power over life and death
over healing, restoration,
leading others to Jesus,
the risen second Adam.
 
Placed once more in the Garden
pointing others to Christ Jesus,
gifting a healing touch
to defeat the forces of evil.

 

--------------------

October 29, 2021

Dominion over the Garden

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/dominion-over-garden.html

 

poetry, God, Father, Christ, Spirit, Garden, Eden, Adam, Jesus, Second Adam, Savior, Lord, dominion, power, healing,

 

#poetry #God #Father #Christ #Spirit #Garden #Eden #Adam #Jesus #SecondAdam #Savior #Lord #dominion #power #healing

 

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, and 2021. 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.

Garden Healing - v2

Fruit of the garden
gifts of the earth
garden healing
gives us new birth.
 
Life from the soil
plants that grow
heals our body
restores our soul.
 
Garden healing
promise of God
redeems our lives
gifts of God's love.
 
--------------------

edited October 13, 2021

garden healing – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/garden-healing-v2.html

October 13, 2021

garden healing

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/garden-healing.html

 

poetry, God, garden, Eden, Gethsemane, healing, garden healing, Young Living, essential oils, plants, salvation, prayer, rocks, crystals,

 

#poetry #God #garden #Eden #Gethsemane #healing #gardenhealing #yleo

 

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, and 2021. 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. 

garden healing

Fruits of the garden
gifts of the earth
garden healing
giving new birth.
 
Life from the soil
plants that grow
healing our body
restoring our soul.
 
Garden healing
promise of God
redeeming our lives
a gift of God's love.
 
--------------------

October 13, 2021

garden healing

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/garden-healing.html

 

poetry, God, garden, Eden, Gethsemane, healing, garden healing, Young Living, essential oils, plants, salvation, prayer, rocks, crystals,

 

#poetry #God #garden #Eden #Gethsemane #healing #gardenhealing

 

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, and 2021. 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.

 

I’m not moving – v2

“I don’t know about you,

but I’m good

I’m not moving;

my feet are hurting…

and I am tired.”

Was this the dialogue

her bold statement

between a wife and husband -

the birth of farming

many thousand years ago?

Was it just because someone

liked the view before them

the place seemed good to them

they were tired

and their feet hurt too?

Dropping the seeds

in the bags they carried

into verdant soil

the Fertile Crescent

ablaze with grains of life.

================

edited October 4, 2018

I’m not moving – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/im-not-moving-v2.html

I’m not moving

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/im-not-moving.html

imagining the conversation

that led to the birth of farming

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_agriculture

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 47,740 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Agriculture, farming, nomadic, hunter, gatherer, domestication, crops, land, land ownership, fields, farms, Neolithic, grains, history of agriculture, history, fertile crescent, Mesopotamia, creation, Eden, God,

#Agriculture #birth #farming #nomadic #hunter #gatherer #domestication #crops #land #landownership #fields #farms #Neolithic #grains #historyofagriculture #history #fertilecrescent #Mesopotamia #creation #Eden #God #Levant #crops #birthoffarming

I’m not moving

I don’t know about you

but I’m good

I’m not moving;

I am tired

my feet are hurting…

was this the dialogue

the birth of farming

was it just because someone

liked the view

the place seemed good

that they were tired

that their feet hurt too

================

October 4, 2018

I’m not moving

imagining the conversation

that led to the birth of farming

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_agriculture

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 47,740 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Agriculture, farming, nomadic, hunter, gatherer, domestication, crops, land, land ownership, fields, farms, Neolithic, grains, history of agriculture, history, fertile crescent, Mesopotamia, creation, Eden, God,

#Agriculture #birth #farming #nomadic #hunter #gatherer #domestication #crops #land #landownership #fields #farms #Neolithic #grains #historyofagriculture #history #fertilecrescent #Mesopotamia #creation #Eden #God #Levant #crops #birthoffarming #creator