If we would just #listen – v2 #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #sacrifice #atonement #Jesus #salvation #blood #cost #Law #trust #believe #faith #submission #prayer

our way would be straighter
our path would be easier
if we would just listen
if we walked each day
in the way God commands,
if we follow the cross...
 
if we would just listen
to the Word God left us
if we would change
if we would follow
the way of Jesus,
the way of the cross...
 
if we would just listen
to the Spirit speaking to us
if we would cleave to every word
breathed by our loving God...
Our way would be easier
if we trusted in God
if we trusted in Him alone...
 
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Edited July 17, 2026
If we would just listen – v2
 
 
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Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, sin, sacrifice, atonement, Jesus, salvation, blood, cost, Law, believe, trust, faith, submission, prayer,
 
#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #sacrifice #atonement #Jesus #salvation #blood #cost #Law #trust #believe #faith #submission #prayer

If we would just listen #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #sacrifice #atonement #Jesus #salvation #blood #cost #Law

our path would be easier
our way would be straighter
if we would just listen
if we walk each day
in the way God commands,
if we follow the cross...
 
if we would just listen
to the word God left us
if we would change
if we would follow
the way of Jesus,
the way of the cross...
 
if we would just listen
to the Spirit speaking to us
if we would cleave to every word
breathed by our God...
Our way would be easier
if we trusted in God...
 
------ 
July 16, 2026
If we would just listen
 
July 16, 2026
The cost was blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-cost-was-blood.html
 
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Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, sin, sacrifice, atonement, Jesus, salvation, blood, cost, Law,
 
#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #sacrifice #atonement #Jesus #salvation #blood #cost #Law

The #cost was #blood #Poetry #God #Christ #sin #sacrifice #atonement #Jesus #salvation #blood #cost #Law

Their sacrifice for sin
The cost was blood
A life for a life
Because every sin
Is a death sentence
Estrangement from God...
 
Repeated, repeated,
Never enough
Until Christ came
To save us
Once and for all
For our eternal salvation
For the cost was His blood...
 
------ 
July 16, 2026
The cost was blood
 
The detailed listing of the Jewish sacrifice system
Leviticus 1-7
Leviticus 16
and other chapters in the Torah:
Burnt Offering
Grain Offering
Peace Offering
Sin (or Purification) Offering
Guilt (or Trespass) Offering
 
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Toxic Gumbo - v2

I see the pain on their face

The water all over the place;
It is terrible to see
I ache inside of me.

Far north from their plight
I hope they all can take flight;
To escape the pain they feel
And know our prayers for them are real.

We know You can touch their hearts
To make sense of their devastation and loss;
So watch over them all we pray
And hold them close to You each day.

Dear Lord, hear this plea
That they can be free;
From the loss they know so well,
In that toxic gumbo of hell.

====

edited April 17, 2015

Toxic Gumbo – v2

September 1, 2005 8:27

Toxic Gumbo

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/09/toxic-gumbo.html

Hurricane Katrina

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremeevents/specialreports/Hurricane-Katrina.pdf

http://www.hurricanekatrina.com/

http://www.nola.com/katrina/

http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/features/14301/

and flooding in New Orleans’

9^th ward

and the rest of the Gulf region

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 37,140+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Toxic Gumbo

I see the pain on their face
The water all over the place
It is terrible to see
I ache inside of me

Far north from their plight
I hope they all can take flight
To escape the pain they feel
And know our prayers for them are real

We know You can touch their lives
To make sense of their devastation and loss
So watch over them all we pray
And hold them close to You each day

Dear Lord, hear this plea
That they can be free
Of the loss they know so well
In that toxic gumbo of hell

September 1, 2005 8:27

Toxic Gumbo

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/09/toxic-gumbo.html

Hurricane Katrina

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremeevents/specialreports/Hurricane-Katrina.pdf

http://www.hurricanekatrina.com/

http://www.nola.com/katrina/

http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/features/14301/

and flooding in New Orleans’

9^th ward

and the rest of the Gulf region

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 37,140+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.