#Etchings on #droplets of #water – v5 #poem #poetry #writing #amanuensis #God #Spirit #nature #creation #life #relationships #imagery #dreams #etchings #scrimshaw #water #ether #air #picture #eternity

Letting my mind wander, meandering,
going where imagination leads me...
So many thoughts and images
thinking about the infinite
the tiny, the unseen,
The power of God in creation
in writing our songs, our stories,
long before we came to be...
 
Grabbing an ethereal canvas, vapor,
Stenciling in lines in silhouette, in shadows...
Precise, intricate drawings, perfect,
written with gilded silver threads,
capturing a whiff of eternity, of creation...
The truth within their song...
A breath, a whisper, a thought,
chiseled on air, panted into stone...
 
Illustrations gathered from the ether,
Our lives are no more than a breath -
Our moments so much vapor -
Snapshots captured only for an instant
as if on the surface of molten glass...
Etchings on droplets of water
before they melt into the ocean...
before they merge with eternity...
 
Wanting to hold these moments...
to freeze time, to treasure, to drink in
These images coaxed from the ether -
A prayer for a future yet unknown -
but feeling the water droplets slipping
like dry sand held in my pursed fingertips...
Knowing they, too, will dissolve into nothingness...
Seconds absorbed into the sands of time...
 
Painting an intricate portrait, immortal,
A mandala of intersecting motions,
on living parchment, gossamer,
Living scrimshaw on the ether -
Etchings on water droplets -
impermanent yet divine...
An image of the Creator
alive, eternal, right now...
 
-------
Edited April 4, 2026
Etchings on droplets of water – v5
 
March 14, 2026
Etching on droplets of water
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/etching-on-droplets-of-water.html
Edited January 29, 2026
capturing bits of gossamer – v8
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v8.html
Edited September 12, 2025
Like tears in rain – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/like-tears-in-rain-v6.html
June 22, 2025
grabbing ahold of ether
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/grabbing-ahold-of-ether.html
Edited January 28, 2025
I do not hold the words too tightly – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/i-do-not-hold-words-too-tightly-v3.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.

Writing Poetry, writing, words, poetry, amanuensis, God, Spirit, nature, creation, life, relationships, imagery, dreams, etchings, scrimshaw, water, ether, air, picture, eternity,
 
#poem #poetry #writing #amanuensis #God #Spirit #nature #creation #life #relationships  #imagery #dreams #etchings #scrimshaw #water #ether #air #picture #eternity

#Etchings on #droplets of #water – v4 #poem #poetry #writing #amanuensis #God #Spirit #nature #creation #life #relationships #imagery #dreams #etchings #scrimshaw #water #ether #air #picture #eternity

Grabbing an ethereal canvas, vapor,
Stenciling in lines in silhouette...
precise, intricate drawings,
written with gilded silver
capturing a whiff of eternity...
The truth within their song...
A breath, a whisper, a thought,
chiseled on air, panted into stone...
 
Illustrations gathered from the ether,
Our lives are no more than a breath -
Our moments so much vapor -
Snapshots captured only for an instant
as if on the surface of molten glass...
Etchings on droplets of water
before they melt into the ocean...
before they merge with eternity...
 
Wanting to hold this moment
to freeze time, to treasure, to drink in
These images coaxed from the ether -
A prayer for a future yet unknown -
but feeling the water droplets slipping
like dry sand held in my cupped fingertips...
Knowing they, too, will dissolve into nothingness...
Seconds absorbed into the sands of time...
 
Painting an intricate portrait, immortal,
A mandala of intersecting motions,
on living parchment, gossamer,
Scrimshaw on the ether -
Etchings on water droplets -
impermanent yet divine...
An image of the Creator
alive, eternal, right now...
 
----
Edited March 20, 2026
Etchings on droplets of water – v4
 
Edited January 29, 2026
capturing bits of gossamer – v8
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v8.html
Edited September 12, 2025
Like tears in rain – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/like-tears-in-rain-v6.html
June 22, 2025
grabbing ahold of ether
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/grabbing-ahold-of-ether.html
Edited January 28, 2025
I do not hold the words too tightly – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/i-do-not-hold-words-too-tightly-v3.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.

Writing Poetry, writing, words, poetry, amanuensis, God, Spirit, nature, creation, life, relationships, imagery, dreams, etchings, scrimshaw, water, ether, air, picture, eternity,
 
#poem #poetry #writing #amanuensis #God #Spirit #nature #creation #life #relationships  #imagery #dreams #etchings #scrimshaw #water #ether #air #picture #eternity

#Etchings on #droplets of #water – v3 #poem #poetry #writing #amanuensis #God #Spirit #nature #creation #life #relationships #imagery #dreams #etchings #scrimshaw #water #ether #air #picture

Grabbing an ethereal canvas, vapor,

Stenciling in silhouette...
precise, intricate drawings,
written with gilded silver
capturing a whiff of eternity
The truth within their song...
A breath, a whisper, a thought,
chiseled on air, panted into stone...
 
Illustrations gathered from the ether
our lives are no more than a breath -
our moments so much vapor -
snapshots captured only for an instant
on the surface of molten glass...
Etchings on droplets of water
before they melt into the ocean...
before they merge with eternity...
 
Wanting to hold this moment
to freeze time, to treasure, to drink in
These images pulled from the ether
a prayer for a future yet unknown
but feeling the water droplets slipping
like dry sand held in my cupped fingertips...
Knowing they, too, will dissolve into nothingness...
Seconds absorbed into the sands of time...
 
Painting a portrait, immortal,
A mandala of intersecting motions,
on living parchment, gossamer,
Scrimshaw on the ether -
Etchings on water droplets -
impermanent yet divine...
An image of the Creator
alive, eternal, right now...
 
----
Edited March 19, 2026
Etchings on droplets of water – v3
 
Edited January 29, 2026
capturing bits of gossamer – v8
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v8.html
June 22, 2025
grabbing ahold of ether
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/grabbing-ahold-of-ether.html
Edited January 28, 2025
I do not hold the words too tightly – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/i-do-not-hold-words-too-tightly-v3.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.

Writing Poetry, writing, words, poetry, amanuensis, God, Spirit, nature, creation, life, relationships, imagery, dreams, etchings, scrimshaw, water, ether, air, picture,
 
#poem #poetry #writing #amanuensis #God #Spirit #nature #creation #life #relationships  #imagery #dreams #etchings #scrimshaw #water #ether #air #picture

#Etchings on #droplets of #water - v2 #poem #poetry #writing #amanuensis #God #Spirit #nature #creation #life #relationships #imagery #dreams #etchings #scrimshaw #water #ether

Grabbing an ethereal canvas, vapor,
Stenciling in silhouette...
fine-point writings
capturing a whiff of eternity
The truth within their song...
A breath, a whisper,
chiseled into stone...
 
Pictures gathered from the ether
our lives are but a breath -
our moments so much vapor -
snapshots captured only for an instant
Etchings on droplets of water
before they melt into the ocean...
before they merge with eternity...
 
Wanting to hold this moment
These images pulled from the ether
a prayer for a future yet unknown
but feeling the water droplets slipping
like dry sand held by my fingertips...
Knowing they, too, will dissolve
absorbed in the sands of time...
 
Drawing a portrait, immortal,
on living parchment, gossamer,
Scrimshaw on the ether -
Etchings on water droplets -
impermanent yet divine...
An image of the Creator
alive, eternal, right now...
 
----
Edited March 15, 2026
Etchings on droplets of water - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/etchings-on-droplets-of-water-v2.html
Edited January 29, 2026
capturing bits of gossamer – v8
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v8.html
June 22, 2025
grabbing ahold of ether
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/grabbing-ahold-of-ether.html
Edited January 28, 2025
I do not hold the words too tightly – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/i-do-not-hold-words-too-tightly-v3.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.

Writing Poetry, writing, words, poetry, amanuensis, God, Spirit, nature, creation, life, relationships, imagery, dreams, etchings, scrimshaw, water, ether,
 
#poem #poetry #writing #amanuensis #God #Spirit #nature #creation #life #relationships  #imagery #dreams #etchings #scrimshaw #water #ether

#Etchings on #droplets of #water #poem #poetry #writing #amanuensis #God #Spirit #nature #creation #life #relationships #imagery #dreams #etchings #scrimshaw #water #ether

Pictures gathered from the ether
our lives are but a breath -
our moments so much vapor -
snapshots captured only for an instant
Etchings on droplets of water
before they melt into the ocean...
before they merge with eternity...
 
Wanting to hold this moment
These images pulled from the ether
a prayer for a future yet unknown
but feeling the water droplets slipping
like dry sand held by my fingertips...
Knowing they, too, will dissolve
absorbed in the sands of time...
 
Drawing a portrait, immortal,
on living parchment, gossamer,
Scrimshaw on the ether,
Etchings on water droplets
impermanent yet divine...
An image of the Creator
alive, eternal, right now... 
 
----
Edited March 14, 2026
Etchings on droplets of water
 
Edited January 29, 2026
capturing bits of gossamer – v8
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v8.html
June 22, 2025
grabbing ahold of ether
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/grabbing-ahold-of-ether.html
Edited January 28, 2025
I do not hold the words too tightly – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/i-do-not-hold-words-too-tightly-v3.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.

Writing Poetry, writing, words, poetry, amanuensis, God, Spirit, nature, creation, life, relationships, imagery, dreams, etchings, scrimshaw, water, ether,
 
#poem #poetry #writing #amanuensis #God #Spirit #nature #creation #life #relationships  #imagery #dreams #etchings #scrimshaw #water #ether

Etching on droplets of water #poem #poetry #writing #amanuensis #God #Spirit #nature #creation #life #relationships #imagery #dreams

Pictures gathered from the ether
Our lives are but a breath
Our moments so much vapor
Images captured only for an instant
Etching on droplets of water
Before they melt into the ocean
Before they merge with eternity...
 
Wanting to hold this moment
These images pulled from the ether
A prayer for a future yet unknown
But feeling the water droplets slipping
Like dry sand held by my fingertips
Knowing they too will dissolve
Absorbed in the sands of time...
 
Drawing an image, immortal,
On living parchment, gossamer,
On the sky, on the ether,
Etching on water droplets
Impermanent yet divine
An image of the Creator
Alive, eternal, right now...  
 
----
March 14, 2026
Etching on droplets of water
 
Edited January 29, 2026
capturing bits of gossamer – v8
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v8.html
June 22, 2025
grabbing ahold of ether
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/grabbing-ahold-of-ether.html
Edited January 28, 2025
I do not hold the words too tightly – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/i-do-not-hold-words-too-tightly-v3.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.
 
Writing Poetry, writing, words, poetry, amanuensis, God, Spirit, nature, creation, life, relationships, imagery, dreams, 
 
#poem #poetry #writing #amanuensis #God #Spirit #nature #creation #life #relationships  #imagery #dreams

You create a thin space – v3

You create a thin space,
brushing at the edge of heaven,
a murmur, a prayer, a whisper,
coming as close as breath,
to the infinite, to our imagination,
to our journey here on earth.
 
You conjure magic, emotion,
opening a pathway, a doorway,
a channel for them to enter,
to descend, to traverse,
to sojourn here with us.
 
You create a thin space,
for ancestors, for others,
to smile, to bloom, to blossom,
to cross over, to linger, to dwell,
so that they might grace us for a moment,
but that moment ends far too soon…
 
--------------------
Posted January 9, 2025
Edited December 26, 2024
You create a thin space – v3
edited January 18, 2024
You create a thin space – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/you-create-thin-space-v2.html
Edited January 14, 2024
You create a thin space
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/you-create-thin-space.html
edited April 28, 2021
you created a thin space – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/04/you-created-thin-space-v3.html
edited April 27, 2021
you created a thin space - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/04/you-created-thin-space-v2.html
edited April 27, 2021
you created a thin space
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/04/you-created-thin-space.html  
April 27, 2021
you made a thin space
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/04/you-made-thin-space.html
&
Edited January 14, 2024
Between waking and sleeping – v2 – video added
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/t7oxT1PyhmM
Edited January 5, 2024
Between waking and sleep – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/between-waking-and-sleeping-v2.html
&
January 5, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4713899988690861/
&
edited January 5, 2022
Between waking and sleeping
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/between-waking-and-sleeping.html
edited January 5, 2022
Between waking and sleep – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/between-waking-and-sleep-v2.html
January 4, 2022
Between waking and sleep
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/between-waking-and-sleep.html
inspired by comments by Delilah on her show 1/4/2022
edited January 4, 2022
God spared my life – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/god-spared-my-life-v2.html
edited/new January 3, 2022
God spared my life
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/god-spared-my-life.html
January 3, 2022
God kept me alive
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/god-kept-me-alive.html
near fatal accident on New Year’s Eve
driving 60 mph on Route 16 in
St. Augustine, FL, with only
1 of 5 lug nuts on passenger front tire
 
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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poetry, God, Spirit, loved ones, heaven, waking, sleep, eternity, dreams, time, prayer, poem, spiritual, physical, earth, spirits, angels, mortals, humans,
 
#poetry #God #angels #dreams

You create a thin space – v4

You create a thin space, eternal,
thinner than parchment, gossamer,
brushing at the edge of heaven,
a murmur, a prayer, a whisper,
coming as close as breath,
to the infinite, to our imagination,
our walk, our living, our seconds,
to our journey here on earth…
 
You conjure magic, emotion,
more than we can imagine,
making a way through eternity,
the infinite where You dwell,
opening a pathway, a doorway,
a channel for them to enter,
to descend, to traverse,
to sojourn here with us…
 
You create a thin space,
a connection piercing the veil,
for the departed, our loved ones,
for our ancestors, for others,
to smile, to bloom, to blossom,
to cross over, to linger, to dwell,
so that they might grace us a moment,
but that moment ends far too soon…
 
--------------------
Edited December 27, 2024
You create a thin space – v4
 
(editing version 2)
Edited January 21, 2024
The mortal and the eternal – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-mortal-and-eternal-v2.html
Edited January 14, 2024
You create a thin space
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/you-create-thin-space.html
edited April 28, 2021
you created a thin space – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/04/you-created-thin-space-v3.html
April 27, 2021
you made a thin space
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/04/you-made-thin-space.html
&
Edited January 14, 2024
Between waking and sleeping – v2 – video added
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/t7oxT1PyhmM
Edited January 5, 2024
Between waking and sleep – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/between-waking-and-sleeping-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, 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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poetry, God, Spirit, loved ones, heaven, waking, sleep, eternity, dreams, time, prayer, poem, spiritual, physical, earth, spirits, angels, mortals, humans,
 
#poetry #God #angels #lovedones #heaven #eternity #waking #sleeping #dreams #time #prayer #poem #spiritual #physical #earth #spirits #mortals #humans #Spirit #visitation #apparition #ghost

Focus on the eternal – v4

We must ever look upward,
to the promise of heaven,
we must not be mired in clay,
on the worries of this earth…
 
All of this is dust, a breath,
an illusion, a delusion,
an artifice, a contrivance,
a fantasy, a myth, lies,
we tell, of our own making…
 
We must focus on the eternal,
to our rewards in heaven,
we must strive to live our lives,
in a way pleasing to God…
 
Nothing of the flesh,
of what we buy and pay for,
of the earth, of this life,
yes, all of this is dust,
to dust we shall return…
 
We must set down your idols,
our rewards in this life,
they are but of dust,
and to dust they will return…
 
--------------
Edited June 6, 2024
Focus on the eternal – v4

Edited June 3, 2024
All of this is dust – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/all-of-this-is-dust-v2.html
Based on 1 John 2:17
and Genesis 3:19
 
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, 202 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, spirit, faith, love, hope, dreams, calling, purpose, 1 John 2:17, Genesis 3:19, earth, dust,
 
#poetry #God #spirit #faith #love #hope #dreams #calling #purpose #1John2 #Genesis3 #earth #dust

Focus on the eternal – v3

All of this is dust,
an illusion, a delusion,
an artifice, a contrivance,
a fantasy, a myth, lies,
of our own making…
 
We must focus on the eternal,
to our rewards in heaven,
we must strive to live our lives,
in a way pleasing to God…
 
Nothing of the flesh,
of what we buy and pay for,
of the earth, of this life,
yes, all of this is dust,
to dust we shall return…
 
We must set down your idols,
our rewards in this life,
they are but of dust,
and to dust they will return…
 
--------------
Edited/merged June 3, 2024
Focus on the eternal – v3
 
Edited June 3, 2024
Focus on the eternal – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/focus-on-eternal-v2.html
June 3, 2024
Focus on the eternal
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/focus-on-eternal.html
Edited June 3, 2024
All of this is dust – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/all-of-this-is-dust-v2.html
June 3, 2024
All of this is dust
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/all-of-this-is-dust.html
Based on 1 John 2:17
and Genesis 3:19
 
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, 202 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, spirit, faith, love, hope, dreams, calling, purpose, 1 John 2:17, Genesis 3:19, earth, dust,
 
#poetry #God #spirit #faith #love #hope #dreams #calling #purpose #1John2 #Genesis3 #earth #dust

Focus on the eternal – v2

We must focus on the eternal,
To our rewards in heaven,
We must strive to live our lives,
In a way pleasing to God…
 
We must set down your idols,
Our rewards in this life,
They are but of dust,
And to dust they will return…
 
--------------
Edited June 3, 2024
Focus on the eternal – v2
 
June 3, 2024
Focus on the eternal
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/focus-on-eternal.html
Edited June 3, 2024
All of this is dust – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/all-of-this-is-dust-v2.html
June 3, 2024
All of this is dust
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/all-of-this-is-dust.html
Based on 1 John 2:17
“The world and its desires pass away,
but whoever does the will of God lives forever.”
and Genesis 3:19
“By the sweat of your brown you will eat bread,
until you return to the earth;
Because from it you were brought forth;
For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
 
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, 202 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, spirit, faith, love, hope, dreams, calling, purpose, 1 John 2:17, Genesis 3:19, earth, dust,
 
#poetry #God #spirit #faith #love #hope #dreams #calling #purpose #1John2 #Genesis3 #earth #dust

Focus on the eternal

Focus on the eternal,
To rewards in heaven,
Strive to live your life,
In a way pleasing to God…
 
Set down your idols,
Your rewards in this life,
They are but of dust,
And to dust they will return…
 
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June 3, 2024
Focus on the eternal
 
Edited June 3, 2024
All of this is dust – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/all-of-this-is-dust-v2.html
June 3, 2024
All of this is dust
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/all-of-this-is-dust.html
Based on 1 John 2:17
“The world and its desires pass away,
but whoever does the will of God lives forever.”
and Genesis 3:19
“By the sweat of your brown you will eat bread,
until you return to the earth;
Because from it you were brought forth;
For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
 
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, 202 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, spirit, faith, love, hope, dreams, calling, purpose, 1 John 2:17, Genesis 3:19, earth, dust,
 
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All of this is dust – v2

All of this is dust,

an illusion, a delusion,
an artifice, a contrivance,
a fantasy, a myth, lies,
of our own making…
 
Nothing of the flesh,
of what we buy and pay for,
of the earth, of this life,
yes, all of this is dust,
to dust we shall return…
 
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Edited June 3, 2024
Focus on the eternal – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/focus-on-eternal-v2.html
June 3, 2024
Focus on the eternal
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/focus-on-eternal.html
Edited June 3, 2024
All of this is dust – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/all-of-this-is-dust-v2.html
June 3, 2024
All of this is dust
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/all-of-this-is-dust.html
Based on 1 John 2:17
“The world and its desires pass away,
but whoever does the will of God lives forever.”
and Genesis 3:19
“By the sweat of your brown you will eat bread,
until you return to the earth;
Because from it you were brought forth;
For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
 
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, 202 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, spirit, faith, love, hope, dreams, calling, purpose, 1 John 2:17, Genesis 3:19, earth, dust,
 
#poetry #God #spirit #faith #love #hope #dreams #calling #purpose #1John2 #Genesis3 #earth #dust

All of this is dust

All of this is dust,

an illusion, a delusion,
an artifice, a contrivance,
a fantasy, a myth…
 
Nothing of the flesh,
of the earth, of this life,
all of this is dust,
to dust it shall return…
 
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June 3, 2024
All of this is dust
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/all-of-this-is-dust.html
Based on 1 John 2:17
“The world and its desires pass away,
but whoever does the will of God lives forever.”
and Genesis 3:19
“By the sweat of your brown you will eat bread,
until you return to the earth;
Because from it you were brought forth;
For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
 
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, 202 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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Lean into Love – v2

Lean into Love, to your feelings,
The stirrings within your spirit…
 
Hold onto your dreams, your hopes,
Cleave to your center, your grounding,
Know God speaks to you from the
wellsprings, the place of eternal love…
 
Stretch your vision, your hope,
Listen to your heart, your spirit…
 
Listen to your heart’s whisper,
Feelings welling up inside you,
Grab hold of God’s promise,
Your inner voice of life…
 
Lean into Love, let it be your light,
Let it guide your trembling feet…
 
Listen to your body calling,
Your yearning for peace,
Calling to your dreams,
Set your hopes alight…
 
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Edited June 3, 2024
Lean into Love – v2
 
June 2, 2024
Lean into Love
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/lean-into-love.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, 202 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, spirit, faith, hope, dreams, calling, purpose,
 
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Lean into Love

Lean into Love, to your feelings,

Hold onto your dreams, your hopes,
Cleave to your center, your grounding,
The place of eternal love…
 
Stretch your vision, your hope,
Listen to your heart, your spirit,
Feelings welling up inside you,
Your inner voice of life…
 
Lean into Love, let it be your light,
Guiding your trembling feet,
Listen to your body calling,
To you, to your dreams,
Set your hopes alight…
 
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June 2, 2024
Lean into Love
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/lean-into-love.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, 202 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, spirit, faith, love, hope, dreams, calling, purpose,
 
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All things are possible

God whispers go, take courage,
Believe, trust in me, in my power,
Listen to what I am saying,
breathing the calling I have for you,
The purpose I have for your life…
 
Trust in the power of God,
God’s omnipotence, God’s ability,
To come up beside us in our struggle,
To make a way through the impossible,
To guide our trembling steps…
 
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March 19, 2024
All things are possible
 
March 19, 2024
Miracles are within reach
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/miracles-are-within-reach.html
Based on Matthew 19:26
“Jesus looked at them and said,
‘With man this is impossible,
but with God all things are possible.’”
Matthew 19:16-30
 
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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Fear is a whisper – v6

Fear is a whisper, a shout,
an unspoken night terror, screaming,
fear is a lie, a laugh, a scheme,
To change our path, our journey,
to control our mortal lives.
 
Fear is a lie, a guttural utterance,
a kind of imprisonment, torture,
shackles on our dreams, a trap
To fetter on our future, our hope,
to hold us in prison, in chains.
 
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Edited January 31, 2024
Fear is a whisper – v6
 
February 5, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4832081770206015/  
&
edited February 5, 2022
Fear is a whisper – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/fear-is-whisper-v5.html
edited February 4, 2022
We crawl before we soar, we fly – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/we-crawl-before-we-soar-we-fly-v2.html
edited February 4, 2022
We crawl before we soar, we fly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/we-crawl-before-we-soar-we-fly.html
edited February 4, 2022
We crawl before we walk – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/we-crawl-before-we-walk-v2.html
edited February 4, 2022
We crawl before we walk
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/we-crawl-before-we-walk.html
edited February 4, 2022
Crawling before walking
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/crawling-before-walking.html
February 4, 2022
Crawling in our faith
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/crawling-in-our-faith.html
February 4, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4828936200520572/
&
edited February 3, 2022
Read Hebrews 11 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/read-hebrews-11-v2.html
February 3, 2022
Read Hebrews 11
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/read-hebrews-11.html
edited February 3, 2022
Crazy Faith – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/crazy-faith-v2.html
February 3, 2022
Crazy Faith
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/crazy-faith.html
February 3, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4825392747541584/
&
edited February 2, 2022
A Harvest of the Garden – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-harvest-of-garden-v2.html
edited February 2, 2022
Sharing a piece of our witness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/sharing-piece-of-our-witness-v2.html
February 2, 2022
A Harvest of the Garden
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-harvest-of-garden.html
A God-inspired book title
after I prayed for ability to publish, answered by
a The Garden Produce truck with their logo on it
pulled in front of me on Route 16
https://www.facebook.com/thegardenproduce/photos/a.621113734638711/932972486786166/
February 2, 2022
North Holmes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/north-holmes.html
Nothing is impossible for God.
February 2, 2022
Sharing a piece of our witness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/sharing-piece-of-our-witness.html
edited February 2, 2022
Focus on the important – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/focus-on-important-v2.html
February 2, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4821963061217886/
Crazy Faith
Hebrews 11
 
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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.
 
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