Showing posts with label sacrifice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sacrifice. Show all posts

Friday, July 17, 2026

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
 
 
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, 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

Thursday, July 16, 2026

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
 
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, 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
 
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, sin, sacrifice, atonement, Jesus, Christ, salvation, blood, cost, Law,

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

Thursday, July 09, 2026

Front and Back covers of After Taras #poetry #Ukraine #TarasShevchenko #AfterTaras #book #writing #Ukrainian #courage #culture #history #pride #victory #hope #resistance #defenders #civilians #sacrifice #glory #peace #God #united #together




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. All of my poems are at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

poetry, Ukraine, Taras Shevchenko, After Taras, book, writing, Ukrainian, courage, culture, history, pride, victory, hope, resistance, defenders, civilians, sacrifice, glory, peace, God,

#poetry #Ukraine #TarasShevchenko #AfterTaras #book #writing #Ukrainian #courage #culture #history #pride #victory #hope #resistance #defenders #civilians #sacrifice #glory #peace #God #united #together

Tuesday, July 07, 2026

#human #touch - v2 #poetry #love #ArmWomenNow #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #women #daughters #InternationalWomensDay #sacrifice #medics #combat


With their caring hands they touch them,
They are with them in their trauma
in their fear, in their anguish,
as they are shattered, bleeding,
in the trenches, in the battle,
in the mud, under the smoke,
carrying their own kit, the weight,
of the injured in their hands,
those blown up, shot, by Russia,
giving aid and comfort to
their brothers and sisters in arms...
 
They too are exhausted
by the blood, the carnage,
by the trauma before them
by the nightmares, the burden
that they carry each day with them
aware of every death,
every life lost,
knowing this war will not end
neatly, or quickly, continuing
soldiering onward, offering
the healing of human touch...
 
Combat medics stand in the vanguard
with their comrades on the frontlines
not in a rear position, safe,
facing the same dangers,
bleeding, dying for their country,
standing in the gap created
by Russia’s war of genocide,
bloodied yet unbowed,
touching the wounded and dying,
on the line for Ukraine,
answering freedom’s call...
 
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Edited July 7, 2026
human touch - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/human-touch-v2.html  
combat medics on the frontlines in Ukraine
Edited July 7, 2026
sisters in arms – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/sisters-in-arms-v4.html
This poem was originally written after reading post by defender of Ukraine
about serving as a woman in the army,
for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2025
July 2, 2026
Разом об'єднані
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/blog-post.html
July 2, 2026
Together United
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/together-united.html
March 7, 2025
Sisters in arms
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/sisters-in-arms.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, love, International Women’s Day, Arm Women Now, Ukraine, defenders, victory, peace, women, daughters, Stand with Ukraine, sacrifice, medics, combat,
 
#poetry #love #ArmWomenNow #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #women #daughters #InternationalWomensDay #sacrifice #medics #combat


human touch #poetry #love #ArmWomenNow #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #women #daughters #InternationalWomensDay #sacrifice #medics #combat

With their hands they touch them,
They are with them in their anguish,
in the trenches, in the battle,
carrying their own kit, the weight,
of the injured in their hands,
those blown up by Russia,
giving aid and comfort to
their brothers and sisters in arms...
 
They too are exhausted
by the trauma before them
by the nightmares, the burden
that they carry each day with them
knowing this war will not end
neatly, or quickly, continuing
soldiering onward, offering
the healing of human touch...
 
Combat medics in the vanguard
with the soldiers on the frontlines
not in a rear position, safe,
bleeding, dying for their country
standing in the gap created
by Russia’s war of genocide
touching the wounded and dying,
answering freedom’s call...



 
-------
Edited July 7, 2026
human touch
 
combat medics on the frontlines in Ukraine
Edited July 7, 2026
sisters in arms – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/sisters-in-arms-v4.html
This poem was originally written after reading post by defender of Ukraine
about serving as a woman in the army,
for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2025
July 2, 2026
Разом об'єднані
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/blog-post.html
July 2, 2026
Together United
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/together-united.html
March 7, 2025
Sisters in arms
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/sisters-in-arms.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 all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
  
poetry, love, International Women’s Day, Arm Women Now, Ukraine, defenders, victory, peace, women, daughters, Stand with Ukraine, sacrifice, medics, combat,
 
#poetry #love #ArmWomenNow #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #women #daughters #InternationalWomensDay #sacrifice #medics #combat


#sisters in #arms – v4 #poetry #love #ArmWomenNow #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #women #daughters #InternationalWomensDay #sacrifice #patriotism

On the front lines, in the trenches,
bandaging the wounded,
rising in the ranks to leadership,
defending their country,
fighting for its right to exist...
They stand with their brothers
the best daughters of Ukraine...
May we honor their call...
 
There is metal in their words
in their lives, their choices,
for they sacrifice their dreams,
in fidelity to their country,
standing in the breach,
suffering with their nation,
giving their lives for their people,
but never losing themselves...
 
They are sisters in arms, together,
warriors in this battle, united,
standing beside brothers in arms,
joined together, as one people,
to defeat Russia’s evil, this terror,
fighting valiantly, courageously,
against twelve years of genocide,
for their nation to survive...
 
They may be in body armor, on the front,
but they have never lost their womanhood,
their femininity, their beauty, power...
They choose to sacrifice, to give,
living for their country, their people,
unsure of the future, in this struggle,
But they stand sure in their purpose,
their call, to stand vigilant, on point,
as the tip of Ukraine’s spear...





 
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Edited July 7, 2026
sisters in arms – v4
 
Edited because a defender asked me to write about
women fighting in defense of Ukraine, in response to me sharing my poem,
“Разом об'єднані “, “Together United”:
“Thank you so much. It is very important to write about women warrior.
It’s a big part of our defence.”
This poem was originally written after reading post by defender of Ukraine
about serving as a woman in the army,
for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2025
Edited April 4, 2025
sisters in arms – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/sisters-in-arms-v3.html
Edited March 8, 2025
sisters in arms – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/sisters-in-arms-v2.html
March 7, 2025
Sisters in arms
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/sisters-in-arms.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, love, International Women’s Day, Arm Women Now, Ukraine, defenders, victory, peace, women, daughters, Stand with Ukraine, sacrifice,
 
#poetry #love #ArmWomenNow #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #women #daughters #InternationalWomensDay #sacrifice


Monday, June 15, 2026

embrace your duality #Poetry #face #images #Ukraine #beauty #love #resolve #war #service #sacrifice #dress #model #kydrava_

embrace your duality
Your savage uniqueness
the eternal tension
you hold within...
 
as if two people
two sides in tension
An ebb and flow
of who you are...
 
both feminine
and the warrior
a part of you
under the same skin...
 
embrace who you are
in every moment
The world is brighter
because you live...
 
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June 15, 2026
embrace your duality
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/embrace-your-duality.html
Based on Instagram post by Kydrava_
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZdHO6RDTqd/
June 12, 2026
your duality
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/your-duality.html
Edited and posted September 29, 2024
Your Face – 2 – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/your-face-2-v3.html
Edited and posted September 29, 2024
Your Face – 2 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/your-face-2-v2.html
Written and posted September 29, 2024
Your face - 2
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/your-face-2.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, 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, face, images, Ukraine, beauty, love, resolve, war, service, sacrifice, dress, model,
 
#Poetry #face #images #Ukraine #beauty #love #resolve #war #service #sacrifice #dress #model

Friday, June 12, 2026

your duality #Poetry #face #images #Ukraine #beauty #love #resolve #war #service #sacrifice #dress #model #kydrava_

deep and vulnerable, honest,
feminine and fierce
serving your country
but holding onto your dreams...
 
beautiful within,
drinking words of your poets,
clinging to humanity 
and Ukraine's black soil...
 
you are in the vanguard 
the best of your people
feminine and fierce,
as the cameras see you,
from each different angle...
 
-------------
June 12, 2026
your duality
Based on Instagram post by Kydrava_
June 13, 2026
embrace your duality
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/embrace-your-duality.html
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, face, images, Ukraine, beauty, love, resolve, war, service, sacrifice, dress, model,
 
#Poetry #face #images #Ukraine #beauty #love #resolve #war #service #sacrifice #dress #model

Sunday, March 22, 2026

into Your #hands – 3 – v2 #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #Matthew20 #denarius #wages #sin #death #grace #salvation #unmerited #gift #sacrifice #mercy

Whatever is good
in Your perfect will...
into Your hands
I place my trust
I give my life over
Into Your hands, oh, God...
 
I surrender my demands...
I confess I am broken...
I abandon my cries for justice...
into Your hands of mercy
I trust Your judgment -
Whatever You believe is right,
Only Your love, oh, God...
 
Whatever is good in Your sight,
whatever is fair in Your judgment,
I leave these to You,
Oh, Father God Alimighty,
I trust in Your only,
Your perfect will...
 
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Edited March 22, 2026
into Your hands – 3 – v2
 
Based on Matthew 20:1-16
Sermon, “AI: Artificial Injustice”
North Hills Church
Edited March 10, 2026
one wage – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/one-wage-v2.html
Sermon, “AI: Artificial Injustice”
Edited March 10, 2026
We died in the Garden – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/we-died-in-garden-v2.html
re:generation, Step 1, Admit, Week 1, Day 3, Appendix C, Abuse Supplement”.
re:generation, Step 1, Admit, Week 1, Day 3, “Face the Damage of Sinful Choices”.
re:generation, Step 1, Admit, Week 1, Day 2, Appendix C, Abuse Supplement.
re:generation, Step 1, Admit, Week 1, Day 2, “Step Out of Hiding”.
re:generation, Step 1, Admit, Week 1, Day 1, “Realize There Is Hope”.
March 9, 2026
Accept Help
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/accept-help.html
re:generation, Step 1, Admit, Week 1, Day 5, “Accept Help”.
re:generation, Step 1, Admit, Week 1, Day 4, Face the Damage of Sinful Choices”.
Edited March 6, 2026
Powerless to change – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/powerless-to-change-v2-poetry-god.html
re:generation, Step 1, "Admit".
Edited March 6, 2026
We must Admit – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/we-must-admit-v2.html
re:generation, Step 1, "Admit".
 
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, isolation, fear, confession, secrets, trust, believe, forgive, change, powerless, admit,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #isolation #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, Matthew 20, denarius, wages, sin, death, grace, salvation, unmerited, gift, sacrifice, mercy,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #Matthew20 #denarius #wages #sin #death #grace #salvation #unmerited #gift #sacrifice #mercy

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

into Your hands - 3 #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #Matthew18 #denarius #wages #sin #death #grace #salvation #unmerited #gift #sacrifice #mercy

Whatever is good
in Your perfect will
into Your hands
I place my trust
I give my life over
Into Your hands, oh, God...
 
I surrender my demands
I confess I am broken
my cries for justice
into Your hands of mercy
Whatever You believe is right,
Only Your love, oh, God...
 
-----
March 10, 2026
into Your hands - 3
 
Based on Matthew 20:1-16
Sermon, “AI: Artificial Injustice”
Edited March 10, 2026
one wage – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/one-wage-v2.html
Based on Matthew 20:1-16
Sermon, “AI: Artificial Injustice”
North Hills Church
Edited March 10, 2026
We died in the Garden – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/we-died-in-garden-v2.html
re:generation, Step 1, Admit, Week 1, Day 3, Appendix C, Abuse Supplement”.
re:generation, Step 1, Admit, Week 1, Day 3, “Face the Damage of Sinful Choices”.
re:generation, Step 1, Admit, Week 1, Day 2, Appendix C, Abuse Supplement.
re:generation, Step 1, Admit, Week 1, Day 2, “Step Out of Hiding”.
re:generation, Step 1, Admit, Week 1, Day 1, “Realize There Is Hope”.
March 9, 2026
Accept Help
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/accept-help.html
re:generation, Step 1, Admit, Week 1, Day 5, “Accept Help”.
re:generation, Step 1, Admit, Week 1, Day 4, Face the Damage of Sinful Choices”.
Edited March 6, 2026
Powerless to change – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/powerless-to-change-v2-poetry-god.html
re:generation, Step 1, "Admit".
Edited March 6, 2026
We must Admit – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/we-must-admit-v2.html
re:generation, Step 1, "Admit".
 
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, isolation, fear, confession, secrets, trust, believe, forgive, change, powerless, admit,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #isolation #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, Matthew 18, denarius, wages, sin, death, grace, salvation, unmerited, gift, sacrifice, mercy,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #Matthew18 #denarius #wages #sin #death #grace #salvation #unmerited #gift #sacrifice #mercy

one #wage – v2 #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #Matthew18 #denarius #wages #sin #death #grace #salvation #unmerited #gift #sacrifice #mercy

We toil in the fields, the vineyards,
seeking to grow the Kingdom...
Yet we earn one wage, death
through our journey, our days...
Christ bought us salvation,
our reward in heaven...
Unearned, without merit,
Mercy, God’s gift of grace...
 
We are not saved by our work,
for we deserve damnation...
We are not paid our eternal wages,
the death we all deserve...
We receive the gift of grace
through the sacrifice of Jesus...
Unearned, without merit,
Mercy, God’s gift of grace...
 
-----
Edited March 10, 2026
one wage – v2
 
Based on Matthew 20:1-16
Sermon, “AI: Artificial Injustice”
North Hills Church
 
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, Matthew 18, denarius, wages, sin, death, grace, salvation, unmerited, gift, sacrifice, mercy,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #Matthew18 #denarius #wages #sin #death #grace #salvation #unmerited #gift #sacrifice #mercy

Sunday, March 08, 2026

one wage #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #Matthew18 #denarius #wages #sin #death #grace #salvation #unmerited #gift #sacrifice

We toil in the fields, the vineyards,
seeking to grow the Kingdom...
We earn one wage, death,
Christ bought us salvation,
our reward in heaven,
unearned, without merit,
God’s gift of grace...
 
We are not saved by our work
for we deserve damnation...
We are not paid eternal wages,
We receive the gift of grace
through the sacrifice of Jesus,
unearned, without merit,
God’s gift of grace...
 
-----
March 8, 2026
one wage
 
Based on Matthew 20:1-16
Sermon, “AI: Artificial Injustice”
North Hills Church
 
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, Matthew 18, denarius, wages, sin, death, grace, salvation, unmerited, gift, sacrifice,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #Matthew18 #denarius #wages #sin #death #grace #salvation #unmerited #gift #sacrifice

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

May their deaths not be in vain – v2

For each life cut short by war,
we pray a prayer over their memory,
may the Heroes leave a legacy,
may a just peace rise in their land,
their flag flying on every flagpole,
their joy on high, complete...
 
May their deaths not be in vain...
all of their best sons and daughters,
these defenders of their homeland,
those who accepted the challenge,
as Shevchenko wrote of, bravery,
speaking power through their lives,
Ukraine’s children, honored dead...
 
May we sing of the Heroes,
may we join with the kobzars,
the maidens, the mothers,
may their legacy be peace,
calm within their nation,
at rest within their graves...



 
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Edited March 12, 2025
May their deaths not be in vain – v2
 
#Nazariy #Grintsevich, forever 21
May 7, 2024
Edited March 12, 2025
Forever 21 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/forever-21-v2.html
#Nazariy #Grintsevich, forever 21
May 7, 2024
Edited September 21, 2024
Their best sons and daughters – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/their-best-sons-and-daughters-v3.html
Edited March 10, 2025
Betrayal – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/betrayal-v3.html
Edited March 6, 2025
we have become what we abhor – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-have-become-what-we-abhor-v2.html
Edited March 6, 2025
There is no neutrality in genocide – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/there-is-no-neutrality-in-genocide-v2.html  
 
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poetry, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, tragedy, terror, genocide, martyrs, heroes, peace, Stand With Ukraine, sacrifice,
 
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Forever 21 – v2

Lives frozen in brutal death,
all of them taken far too young,
far too quickly from us, the world,
brave defenders, these heroes,
of Ukraine, of destiny…
 
They have given everything,
sacrificing their lives for us,
we must remember, honor,
their sacrifice, their humanity,
to speak life into their legacy,
that their loss is not in vain…
 
They are present with us still today,
the honored dead of Ukraina,
though buried in her rich black soil,
may they be honored in glory,
may peace be their eternal reward…

 

 
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Edited March 12, 2025
Forever 21 – v2
 
March 11, 2025
Forever 21
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/forever-21.html
#Nazariy #Grintsevich, forever 21
May 7, 2024
March 11, 2025
May their deaths not be in vain
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/may-their-deaths-not-be-in-vain.html
Edited September 21, 2024
Their best sons and daughters – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/their-best-sons-and-daughters-v3.html
&
Edited March 10, 2025
Betrayal – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/betrayal-v3.html
Edited March 6, 2025
we have become what we abhor – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-have-become-what-we-abhor-v2.html
Edited March 6, 2025
There is no neutrality in genocide – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/there-is-no-neutrality-in-genocide-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.
 
poetry, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, tragedy, terror, genocide, martyrs, heroes, peace, Stand With Ukraine, sacrifice,
 
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Sunday, January 05, 2025

was it the light John spoke of

was it the light John spoke of
in his holy scripture,
that was seen by the baptizer,
while he was in the womb,
the light in Mary’s vessel,
the light that entered the world,
the light that was growing
in her sacred womb…
 
was it Christ’s light, consciousness,
John saw, that made him leap,
at the sound of Mary’s voice,
our Savior beside him, growing,
waiting within her vessel,
growing in secret, in silence,
His clay being molded
In her sacred womb…
 
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January 5, 2025
was it the light John spoke of
 
Edited January 5, 2025
in the kernel of creation – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/in-kernel-of-creation-v2.html
Based on #Luke1:46-55, The Magnificat
Based on #Psalm139:13-16
Based on #John8:59
Based on #John8:48-59
Based on #Luke1:39-45
Based on #Philippians2:5-11
Based on #Genesis 1:26
Based on #John1:1-3
Based on #John1:1-18
Based on I Am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John
January 5, 2025
in the kernel of creation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/in-kernel-of-creation.html
Edited January 5, 2025
Christ heard Mary’s heart beating – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/christ-heard-marys-heart-beating-v2.html
Edited January 4, 2025
Their hearts beating together – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/their-hearts-beating-together-v2.html
January 4, 2025
Nine months within Mary
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/nine-months-within-mary.html
January 4, 2025
Conscious of His divinity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/conscious-of-his-divinity_4.html
Edited January 3, 2025
Constrained by His flesh – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/constrained-by-his-flesh-v2.html
Based on #Philippians2
January 1, 2025
a tear in the fabric of time - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-tear-in-fabric-of-time-2.html
January 1, 2025
the sentience of Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-sentience-of-christ.html
January 1, 2025
Drafted December 28, 2024
He humbled himself – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/he-humbled-himself-2.html
December 26, 2024
Eternal God donned human flesh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/eternal-god-donned-human-flesh.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, 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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in the kernel of creation – v2

in the kernel of creation
of Mary and the Spirit,
Eternity made mortal,
Christ entered time…
 
Christ entered creation,
His cells growing, multiplied,
God immortal became human,
in a twinkling of an eye…
 
growing within her clay, her body,
sacred vessel of her womb,
His mother and His disciple,
light to change the world…
 
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Edited January 5, 2025
in the kernel of creation – v2
 
January 5, 2025
in the kernel of creation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/in-kernel-of-creation.html
Based on #Luke1:46-55, The Magnificat
Based on #Psalm139:13-16
Based on #John8:59
Based on #John8:48-59
Based on #Luke1:39-45
Based on #Philippians2:5-11
Based on #Genesis 1:26
Based on #John1:1-3
Based on #John1:1-18
Based on I Am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John
Edited January 5, 2025
Christ heard Mary’s heart beating – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/christ-heard-marys-heart-beating-v2.html
Edited January 4, 2025
Their hearts beating together – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/their-hearts-beating-together-v2.html
January 4, 2025
Nine months within Mary
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/nine-months-within-mary.html
January 4, 2025
Conscious of His divinity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/conscious-of-his-divinity_4.html
Edited January 3, 2025
Constrained by His flesh – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/constrained-by-his-flesh-v2.html
Based on #Philippians2
January 1, 2025
a tear in the fabric of time - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-tear-in-fabric-of-time-2.html
January 1, 2025
the sentience of Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-sentience-of-christ.html
January 1, 2025
Drafted December 28, 2024
He humbled himself – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/he-humbled-himself-2.html
December 26, 2024
Eternal God donned human flesh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/eternal-god-donned-human-flesh.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, 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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