In the depths, You made me #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit #Psalm139

Hidden, in secret,
In silence, except for her body,
Her heartbeat, her songs to me...
You knitted me, You shaped me
You made me for a purpose...
 
In the depths, You made me
You created my life
From the earth, the dust,
You quickened my flesh...
 
How wondrous this truth
How completely You knew me
How You know me now,
Every step of my path
Is written in Your book...
 
Every page numbered,
Recorded in heaven,
In the depths, You made me
For Your purpose, oh God...
 
================
April 7, 2026
In depths You made me
 
Based on Psalm 139:13-16
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Appendix C, “Abuse Supplement”.
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 6, “Review and Catch Up”.
April 5, 2026
Making mud pies in a slum
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/making-mud-pies-in-slum.html
C.S. Lewis quote from essay, “The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses”.
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 5, “God of the Bible: His Desire,
His Dilemma, His Pursuit”.
April 5, 2026
Children of the Fall
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/children-of-fall.html
Based on Psalm 14:2-3
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 5, “God of the Bible: His Desire,
His Dilemma, His Pursuit”.
April 5, 2026
Do they see Jesus
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-they-see-jesus.html
Easter Sunday
April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-people-see-his-likeness_4.html
Edited April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-people-see-his-likeness-v3.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 5, “God of the Bible: His Desire,
His Dilemma, His Pursuit”.
April 2, 2026
In the muck and mire
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/in-muck-and-mire.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 4, “God of the Bible: Just, Loving”.
April 2, 2026
Storing up wrath
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/storing-up-wrath.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 4, “God of the Bible: Just, Loving”.
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 3, “God of the Bible: Allows Suffering”.
April 2, 2026
I bear the mark of my sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/i-bear-mark-of-my-sin.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 2, “God of the Bible: Perfectly Good”.
March 27, 2026
You held me in Your hands
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-held-me-in-your-hands.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 1, “God of the Bible: All-Powerful, All-Knowing, All-Present Creator”.
 
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, faith, pray, prayer, confession, trust, believe, forgive, change, powerless, admit, Psalm 139,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit  #Psalm139

#Transparent – v5 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #trust #faith #prayer #transparently

We are called to be transparent,
to be an open page, a book,
for us to receive true healing,
to be honest with one another,
trusting they will not harm us,
our secrets are safe with them,
for us to be restored, made whole,
to trust in the healing process…
 
I want to live my life transparently,
to admit my scars, my stains,
where I am broken, jagged,
to be fully, totally, honest,
sins that I have committed,
fighting lies, curses spoken over me,
to free myself of their power
their control over my life…
 
I want to be transparent,
an open page, unfettered,
with myself, and all others,
to be open, brutally honest,
to be emptied, to be filled,
to be a witness to God's grace,
God's love for every prodigal,
For everyone broken like me...
 
I strive to be transparent, honest,
to be who I am truly, open,
truth of my sins, my failings,
scars, the weights I have carried,
With every word I offer, my words,
authentic, real, true, and open,
so that others will find peace,
living their lives transparently too…

‐---‐--
Edited January 28, 2026
Transparent – v5
 
Based on #1John1:8-10
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 2, Day 5, “Rigorous Honesty”
Edited January 28, 2025
Transparent – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/transparent-v4.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 2, Day 5, “Rigorous Honesty”
Edited January 28, 2026
too scared, too ashamed – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/too-scared-too-ashamed-v3.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 2, Day 5, “Rigorous Honesty”
Edited January 28, 2025
too scared, too ashamed – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/too-scared-too-ashamed-v2.html
Based on #1John1:8-10
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 2, Day 5, “Rigorous Honesty”
Edited January 26, 2026
You know me completely – 2 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/you-know-me-completely-2-v2.html
Based on #1John1:8-10
Based on #Psalm139:1-16
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 2, Day 5, “Rigorous Honesty.”
January 23, 2026
God wants to heal you
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/god-wants-to-heal-you.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 2, Day 4, “What to Do When You’re Stuck.”
Edited January 23, 2026
the next right step – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-next-right-step-v3.html
Based on #2Corinthians9:8
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 2, Day 4, “What to Do When You’re Stuck.”
Edited January 27, 2025
the next right step – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-next-right-step-v2.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, love, grace, regeneration, trust, faith, prayer, Psalm 139, 1 John 1, transparent,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #trust #faith #prayer #transparent

too #scared, too #ashamed – v3 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #trust #faith #prayer #transparent

We too often struggle, we hide,
from our truths, our own demons,
our secret sins, our trials,
stones that we carry,
too heavy, too many by far…
 
We are too scared, too ashamed,
to share, to be brutally honest,
But healing comes from confronting,
what we have denied, what we have hidden,
from others, from ourselves…
 
They are too much to carry, a burden,
on our souls, on our spirits,
weights, fetters, chains,
of our present, our past,
crying out in the night…
 
We are too scared, too ashamed,
But in truth there is our hope of freedom,
confronting the things, the demons,
what we have hidden, denied,
before others, before ourselves…
 
And yet, none of this is hidden,
from God, from our Father,
He is all-knowing, all-powerful,
He knows us completely…
God is just waiting for us to return…
 
------
Edited January 28, 2026
too scared, too ashamed – v3
 
Based on #1John1:8-10
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 2, Day 5, “Rigorous Honesty”
Edited January 28, 2025
too scared, too ashamed – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/too-scared-too-ashamed-v2.html
Based on #1John1:8-10
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 2, Day 5, “Rigorous Honesty”
Edited January 17, 2025
Transparent – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/transparent-v3.html
Edited January 26, 2026
You know me completely – 2 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/you-know-me-completely-2-v2.html
Based on #1John1:8-10
Based on #Psalm139:1-16
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 2, Day 5, “Rigorous Honesty.”
January 23, 2026
God wants to heal you
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/god-wants-to-heal-you.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 2, Day 4, “What to Do When You’re Stuck.”
Edited January 23, 2026
the next right step – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-next-right-step-v3.html
Based on #2Corinthians9:8
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 2, Day 4, “What to Do When You’re Stuck.”
Edited January 27, 2025
the next right step – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-next-right-step-v2.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, love, grace, regeneration, trust, faith, prayer, Psalm 139, 1 John 1, transparent,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #trust #faith #prayer #transparent

You know me completely – 2 – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #trust #faith #prayer #transparent

Before I was born, before Creation,
You know me completely,
my every thought, my every action,
every second of my life,
You know each moment,
even those I have forgotten
every butterfly effect
Ripples of my living…
Nothing is hidden from You,
my Savior, my Creator,
my Spirit Guide, my God…
 
Help me, today, Lord, to trust You,
to be honest, fully transparent…
Lead me to lay down my life,
to be open, to be courageous,
to tear the veil of my secrets,
even the sins I have forgotten…
Reveal them unto me, oh God,
so, I may find healing,
that I may heal the damage,
I have caused the hurt…
Help me to be Your witness…

------
Edited January 26, 2026
You know me completely – 2 – v2
 
Based on #1John1:8-10
Based on #Psalm139:1-16
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 2, Day 5, “Rigorous Honesty.”
January 23, 2026
God wants to heal you
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/god-wants-to-heal-you.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 2, Day 4, “What to Do When You’re Stuck.”
Edited January 23, 2026
the next right step – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-next-right-step-v3.html
Based on #2Corinthians9:8
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 2, Day 4, “What to Do When You’re Stuck.”
Edited January 27, 2025
the next right step – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-next-right-step-v2.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, love, grace, regeneration, trust, faith, prayer, Psalm 139, 1 John 1, transparent,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #trust #faith #prayer #transparent

You know me completely – 2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #trust #faith #prayer

Before I was born, before Creation,
You know me completely,
every thought, every action,
every second of my life,
even those I have forgotten
every butterfly effect
the ripples of my living…
Nothing is hidden from You,
my Savior, my Creator,
my Guide, my God…
 
Help me, Lord, today, to trust,
to be honest, transparent,
Lead me to lay down my life,
to be open, to be courageous,
to tear the veil of my secrets,
even the sins I have forgotten…
Reveal them unto me, oh God,
so I may find healing,
that I may heal the damage,
I have caused the hurt…
Help me to be Your witness.

------
January 24, 2026
You know me completely – 2
 
Based on #1John1:8-10
Based on #Psalm139:1-16
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 2, Day 5, “Rigorous Honesty.”
January 23, 2026
God wants to heal you
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/god-wants-to-heal-you.html
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 2, Day 4, “What to Do When You’re Stuck.”
Edited January 23, 2026
the next right step – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-next-right-step-v3.html
Based on #2Corinthians9:8
re:generation, Groundwork, Week 2, Day 4, “What to Do When You’re Stuck.”
Edited January 27, 2025
the next right step – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-next-right-step-v2.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, love, grace, regeneration, trust, faith, prayer, Psalm 139, 1 John 1,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #trust #faith #prayer

The Creator

Intimate Savior,
indwelling Spirit,
all-powerful Creator,
without beginning or end…
 
All-knowing, ever-present,
dwelling, walking with us,
the Creator of the Universe
cares about us…
 
Intimate Savior,
indwelling Spirit,
take heart, the Creator
walks here with us…
 
-------------------
April 10, 2025
The Creator
 
Based on #Psalm139:13-16
Based on #Genesis1:1-2
Based on #Acts17:24-25
Based on #Psalm19:1-4
Based on #Isaiah40:28
Based on #Psalm103:19
Based on #Jeremiah32:17
Based on #Jeremiah23:24
God of the Bible, All-Powerful, All-Knowing, Always Present Creator
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Day 1
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
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, Psalm 139, Creator,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #Creator

hiding my sin – v2

Walking here in Your Garden
the Paradise You created
but hiding, ashamed,
aware of my nakedness
my disobedience, my sin…
 
I hide my sin, my shame,
my nakedness before You,
but I am so aware You know me,
I can hide nothing from You,
for You are Almighty God…
 
Like Adam and Eve,
I run from You, I hide,
my shame ever before me,
here, before You, Lord,
there is nowhere to hide…
 
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Edited March 14, 2025
hiding my sin – v2
 
Based on #Genesis3:10
Based on #Psalm139:1-3
Based on #Psalm32:3-4
re:generation, Week 7, Steps 1-3, Week 1, Step 1, Admit, Day 2
 
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.
 
==================
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, Genesis 3, Psalm 32, prayer, Psalm 139,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #prayer

Can you count the dewdrops – v3

Can you count the dewdrops on living flower petals,
the number of stars above or grains of sand on the seashore,
Can you count the hairs on your heads, the number of your breaths,
Do you know how many minutes are in the sum of your days,
How could you, for they are a mystery known only to God...
 
We know only by faith, by striving, by journeying forward,
by trusting, by believing God knows us fully, from before
we were created, in the stillness of our mother's womb,
in secret, the number of hairs on our heads, our minutes,
the path of our lives, the numbers of our days…
 
God alone knows His plans, our calling, our purpose,
while we strive on this earth, while we walk, while we wander,
while we sojourn, while we journey, believing in God,
in God’s promise, for a plan, a path, for a purpose,
our joy, fulfillment, far beyond what we understand…
 
---------
Edited April 22, 2024
Can you count the dewdrops – v3
 
Earth Day
&
Edited April 2, 2024
Can you count the dewdrops – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/can-you-count-dewdrops-v2.html
Edited April 2, 2024
Can you count the dewdrops?
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/can-you-count-dewdrops.html
Edited April 2, 2024
We cannot count the dewdrops – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/we-cannot-count-dewdrops-v3.html
Edited April 2, 2024
Psalm 139 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/psalm-139-v2.html
Based on Jeremiah 29:11
Genesis 15:5
Psalm 139:1-18
Psalm 139:17-18
Psalm 37:18
Luke 12:7
Matthew 10:30
&
February 11, 2024
As I was knitted
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/as-i-was-knitted.html
Psalm 139:13:16
Edited February 11, 2024
Before we were born – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/before-we-were-born-v3.html
Ephesians 2:10
 
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, and 2024. 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, God, Christ, Spirit, prayer, calling, purpose, faith, plan, Ephesians 2, Psalm 139, Psalm 36, love, grace, Jeremiah 29, Genesis 15, Psalm 37, Luke 12, Matthew 10, Earth Day,
 
#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #nature #prayer #known #plans #calling #purpose #faith #Ephesians2 #Psalm139 #Psalm36 #love #grace #Jeremiah29 #Genesis15 #Psalm37 #Luke12 #Matthew10 #life #lifetime #birthday #wisdom #dewdrops #stars #sand #minutes #hairs #time #days #EarthDay

A pinhole camera

Watching the partial eclipse,
With appropriate protection,
A pinhole camera, projection,
Before the blank page…
 
Capturing magic, light of the corona,
The design of our Creator,
A perfect alignment,
The ring shimmering bright…
 
--------------
April 9, 2024
A pinhole camera
 
April 8, 2024
Solar eclipse
and
Partial solar eclipse I watched
Westfield, MA
About 12:30pm
Saturday, March 7, 1970
&
Edited April 9, 2024
Skin of crinkled cellophane – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/skin-of-crinkled-cellophane-v3.html
&
April 7, 2024
Post by former VP Mike Pence
https://twitter.com/Mike_Pence/status/1776937762039419173
about size and position of earth, moon, and sun to create regular solar eclipses
Psalm 19:1
&
Edited April 7, 2024
Skin of crinkled cellophane – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/skin-of-crinkled-cellophane-v2.html
April 6, 2024
skin of crinkled cellophane
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/skin-of-crinkled-cellophane-skin-of.html
anticipating solar eclipse April 8, 2024
and remembering solar eclipse March 7, 1970
&
Edited April 2, 2024
Can you count the dewdrops – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/can-you-count-dewdrops-v2.html
Edited April 2, 2024
We cannot count the dewdrops – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/we-cannot-count-dewdrops-v3.html
Based on Jeremiah 29:11
Genesis 15:5
Psalm 139:1-18
Psalm 37:18
Luke 12:7
Matthew 10:30
Ephesians 2:10
 
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, and 2024. 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, God, Christ, Spirit, nature, prayer, calling, purpose, faith, Psalm 139, love, grace, Jeremiah 29, flower, solar eclipse, corona, metaphor, intelligence design, Creator, Psalm 19,
 
#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #nature #prayer #plans #calling #purpose #faith #Psalm139 #love #grace #Jeremiah29 #life #wisdom #time #days #flower #metaphor #solareclipse #corona #intelligentdesign, Creator #sun #moon #earth #Psalm19

Skin of crinkled cellophane – v3

Skin of crinkled cellophane,
Blistered peel of its flesh,
Color like the corona, brilliant,
Outside the arc, the edge,
The plane across, eternity,
That we traverse, striving,
Living, alive by the street...
 
Life in the fabric, nature,
Ancient yet enduring,
Flesh puckered, ablaze,
Living evermore, frozen,
Coming into view, emergent,
A metaphor of the universe,
Framed against the grass...
 
--------- 
Edited April 9, 2024
Skin of crinkled cellophane – v3
 
Edited April 7, 2024
Skin of crinkled cellophane – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/skin-of-crinkled-cellophane-v2.html
April 6, 2024
skin of crinkled cellophane
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/skin-of-crinkled-cellophane-skin-of.html
anticipating solar eclipse April 8, 2024
and remembering solar eclipse March 7, 1970
&
Edited April 2, 2024
Can you count the dewdrops – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/can-you-count-dewdrops-v2.html
Edited April 2, 2024
We cannot count the dewdrops – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/we-cannot-count-dewdrops-v3.html
Based on Jeremiah 29:11
Genesis 15:5
Psalm 139:1-18
Psalm 37:18
Luke 12:7
Matthew 10:30
Ephesians 2:10
&
Edited April 2, 2024
Dew on the Tulips
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/dew-on-tulips.html
 
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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, prayer, calling, purpose, faith, Psalm 139, love, grace, Jeremiah 29, flower, solar eclipse, corona, metaphor,
 
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skin of crinkled cellophane

skin of crinkled cellophane
blistered skin of flesh
Color like the corona,
Above the arc, the edge,
The plane across
which we traverse,
Alive by the street...
 
life in the fabric,
The living evermore,
Ancient yet enduring,
Flesh puckered, ablaze,
Coming into view,
A metaphor of the universe,
Framed against the grass...
 
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April 6, 2024
skin of crinkled cellophane
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/skin-of-crinkled-cellophane-skin-of.html
Edited April 2, 2024
Can you count the dewdrops – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/can-you-count-dewdrops-v2.html
Edited April 2, 2024
We cannot count the dewdrops – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/we-cannot-count-dewdrops-v3.html
Based on Jeremiah 29:11
Genesis 15:5
Psalm 139:1-18
Psalm 37:18
Luke 12:7
Matthew 10:30
Ephesians 2:10
&
Edited April 2, 2024
Dew on the Tulips
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/dew-on-tulips.html
 
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Can you count the dewdrops – v2

Can you count the dewdrops on living flower petals,
the number of stars above or grains of sand on the shore,
Can you count the hairs on your heads, the number of your breaths,
Do you know how many minutes are in the sum of your days,
How could you, for they are a mystery known only to God...
 
We know only by faith, by striving, by journeying forward,
by trusting, by believing God knows us fully, from before
we were created, in the stillness of our mother's womb,
in secret, the number of hairs on our heads, our minutes,
the path of our lives, the numbers of our days…
 
God alone knows His plans, our calling, our purpose,
while we strive on this earth, while we walk, while we wander,
while we sojourn, while we journey, believing in God,
in God’s promise, for a plan, a path, a purpose,
our joy, fulfillment, far beyond what we understand…

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Edited April 2, 2024
Can you count the dewdrops – v2
 
Edited April 2, 2024
Can you count the dewdrops?
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/can-you-count-dewdrops.html
Edited April 2, 2024
We cannot count the dewdrops – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/we-cannot-count-dewdrops-v3.html
Edited April 2, 2024
Psalm 139 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/psalm-139-v2.html
Based on Jeremiah 29:11
Genesis 15:5
Psalm 139:1-18
Psalm 139:17-18
Psalm 37:18
Luke 12:7
Matthew 10:30
&
February 11, 2024
As I was knitted
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/as-i-was-knitted.html
Psalm 139:13:16
Edited February 11, 2024
Before we were born – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/before-we-were-born-v3.html
Ephesians 2:10
 
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, and 2024. 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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