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...
 
------ 
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

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

while they were shooting up - v2 #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #GreatCommission #Matthew28 #SouthAfrica #missionary #drugs #heroin #gospel #salvation #prayer #power #poison #sin

speaking Christ’s words of love
of God, of salvation, bearing witness,
with them, urgently present,
there on the streets, in the slums,
down in the trenches with them
while they were shooting up
the poison coursing through their veins...
living out the Great Commission,
kneeling where they are...
 
their eyes betrayed them,
The image is so stark, so jarring,
their pain was so evident, so raw,
lost in their chaos, but knowing
how desperately they need freedom
even as they are inviting liquid evil
imprisoned in chains of their addiction
in these shackles of bondage...
while they were shooting up...
convicted, knowing they need Jesus
to live, to be free...
 
crouching down before them
living the Great Commission
while they were shooting up...
speaking God’s word of salvation
to the last, the least, the lost,
with them where they are
in their living reality...
Bringing them Jesus
His light to save the world...
 
------ 
Edited July 15, 2026
while they were shooting up – v2
 
July 5, 2026
Faith Renewed Church
Testimony by missionary to South Africa -
graphic image of missionaries talking
with heroin addicts, one with the needle
on the ground before him, the other with the needle in his leg...
 
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, Great Commission, Matthew 28, South Africa, missionary, drugs, addiction, heroin, gospel, salvation, prayer, power, poison, sin, 

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #GreatCommission #Matthew28 #SouthAfrica #missionary #drugs #heroin #gospel #salvation #prayer #power #poison #sin

while they were shooting up - v2 #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #GreatCommission #Matthew28 #SouthAfrica #missionary #drugs #heroin #gospel #salvation #prayer #power #poison #sin

speaking Christ’s words of love
of God, of salvation, bearing witness,
with them, urgently present,
there on the streets, in the slums,
down in the trenches with them
while they were shooting up
the poison coursing through their veins...
living out the Great Commission,
kneeling where they are...
 
their eyes betrayed them,
The image is so stark, so jarring,
their pain was so evident, so raw,
lost in their chaos, but knowing
how desperately they need freedom
even as they are inviting liquid evil
imprisoned in chains of their addiction
in these shackles of bondage...
while they were shooting up...
convicted, knowing they need Jesus
to live, to be free...
 
crouching down before them
living the Great Commission
while they were shooting up...
speaking God’s word of salvation
to the last, the least, the lost,
with them where they are
in their living reality...
Bringing them Jesus
His light to save the world...
 
------ 
Edited July 15, 2026
while they were shooting up – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/while-they-were-shooting-up-v2_0793170506.html
July 5, 2026
Faith Renewed Church
Testimony by missionary to South Africa -
graphic image of missionaries talking
with heroin addicts, one with the needle
on the ground before him, the other with the needle in his leg...

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, Great Commission, Matthew 28, South Africa, missionary, drugs, addiction, heroin, gospel, salvation, prayer, power, poison, sin,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #GreatCommission #Matthew28 #SouthAfrica #missionary #drugs #heroin #gospel #salvation #prayer #power #poison #sin

while they were shooting up #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #GreatCommission #Matthew28 #SouthAfrica #missionary #drugs #heroin #gospel #salvation #prayer #power

of God, bearing witness,
there on the streets, in the slums,
down in the trenches with them
while they were shooting up
the poison in their veins...
living the Great Commission,
kneeling where they are...
 
the image so stark, so jarring,
their pain so evident, so raw,
knowing how desperately they need freedom
even as they are receiving liquid evil
bound in the chains of their addiction
in these shackles of bondage...
knowing they need Jesus
to live, to be free...
 
living the Great Commission
while they were shooting up...
speaking God’s word of salvation
to the last, the least, the lost,
crouching down with them
in their living reality...
bringing them Jesus
His light to save the world...
 
------ 
July 6, 2026
 
Faith Renewed Church
Testimony by missionary to South Africa
graphic image of missionaries talking
with heroin addicts, one with the needle
on the ground, the other with the needle in his leg...
 
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, Great Commission, Matthew 28, South Africa, missionary, drugs, addiction, heroin, gospel, salvation, prayer, power,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #GreatCommission #Matthew28 #SouthAfrica #missionary #drugs #heroin #gospel #salvation #prayer #power

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...
 
-----
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

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

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

#crying in the back #pew – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #salvation #calling #purpose #church

entering the church’s doors,
returning to my faith
of my childhood, of my spirit,
confessing my brokenness
crying in the back pew
at my rock bottom…
my charade utterly shattered,
falling into prayer, anguish,
admitting I am broken after many years…
I need You alone, oh God…
 
crying in the back pew
my shame, my guilt overwhelming,
so many years in the wilderness,
lost in the world, in the flesh,
wanting what I wanted,
taking what wasn’t mine,
seeking an unmet need,
what I was missing, empty,
but not turning to You alone,
my Savior and my God…
 
You offered me peace, welcome,
You brought me back to my faith,
to a community, a place of belonging,
my trust in You manifest, rising,
a kernel, a spark within me,
a sense of calling, of purpose,
to be a servant, and empty
giving my life, my will over
to You, my Father, my God,
but needing to do this again…
-----  
Edited January 9, 2026
crying in the back pew – v2
 
June 8, 2025
crying in the back pew
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/crying-in-back-pew.html
June 4, 2025
there, but for Your Grace, go I
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/there-but-for-your-grace-go-i.html
Based on #Mark10:45
after talking with some of the guys at the Overcomers Center
about my own addictions, sins, and how easily I could have
been in a program such as theirs
April 12, 2025
You saved me for a purpose
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/you-saved-me-for-purpose.html
Based on #Ephesians2:4-5
Based on #John3:16
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 1
April 12, 2025
I submit my will
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/i-submit-my-will.html
re:generation, Step 3, Trust, Week 1, Day 1
re:generation, Week 6, Day 3
Edited February 5, 2025
After You spared my life – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/after-you-spared-my-life-v2.html
Based on #Psalm1
re:generation group, January 13, 2025
Summer of 2003
Overcomers’ Tuesday nights
January 19, 2022
I have wailed in a darkened sanctuary
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/i-have-wailed-in-darkened-sanctuary.html
edited September 19, 2016
I was crying in the back pew – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/09/i-was-crying-in-back-pew-v3.html
edited September 19, 2016
you welcomed me in – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/09/you-welcomed-me-in-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, salvation, calling, purpose,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #salvation #calling #purpose

I confess, Lord, to You

I confess, Lord, to You,
all that I am is Yours,
my life, my hurt, my brokenness,
all that I have done,
that has separated us,
that has kept me from You…
 
I confess, Lord, to You,
that I am unworthy, mortal,
that I have chosen the world,
the flesh, my brokenness,
I have cleaved to my idols,
When you are my Hope…
 
I confess, Lord, to You,
across time and space,
eternity, the pit, the depths,
I am drowning in my brokenness,
How I need You, Lord,
Your boundless Grace…
 
==============
June 26, 2025
I confess, Lord, to You
 
Based on #Psalm51:3 (David)
Based on #1John1:7-9
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
and re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 1
June 26, 2025
In the midst of my pain
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/in-midst-of-my-pain.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.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, 1 John 1, Psalm 51, sin, prayer, confession, salvation, calling, purpose, assurance,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #prayer #sin #confession #salvation #calling #purpose #assurance

In the midst of my pain

I hear You calling,
Your gentle whisper to me.
In the midst of my pain
I know You are near…
 
How I wish I could touch You,
to feel You present with me.
How I long to be near You,
my love, forevermore…
 
I feel Your breath, Your whisper,
across time and space.
I long to hold You,
a manifestation of Grace…
 
==============
June 26, 2025
In the midst of my pain
 
Based on #Psalm51:3 (David)
Based on #1John1:7-9
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
and re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 1
Edited June 25, 2025
Not their sins
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/not-their-sins.html
Edited June 25, 2025
All my sins are against God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/all-my-sins-are-against-god.html
June 24, 2025
All my sin is against God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/all-my-sin-is-against-god.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.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, 1 John 1, Psalm 51, sin, prayer, confession, salvation, calling, purpose, assurance,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #prayer #sin #confession #salvation #calling #purpose #assurance

Not their sins

I know my transgressions
my iniquity, my rebellion,
My sins are before me.
They indict me in real-time…
 
not their sins but mine alone,
These are what I carry,
These are what Christ picked up
and carried to my cross…
 
I do not remember them fully,
casually forgetting God’s pain,
These hurts that Jesus carried
that set me free again…
 
not their sin but mine alone,
They are the source of my horror,
all that Jesus gathered up
and nailed on the cross…
 
==============
Edited June 25, 2025
Not their sins
 
Based on #Psalm51:3 (David)
Based on #1John1:7-9
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
and re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 1
Edited June 25, 2025
All my sins are against God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/all-my-sins-are-against-god.html
Based on #Psalm51:4a (David)
Based on #1John1:7-9
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
and re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 1
June 24, 2025
All my sin is against God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/all-my-sin-is-against-god.html
June 24, 2025
How will we answer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/how-will-we-answer.html
quote from keynote speech by former
National Security Advisor #JakeSullivan,
at UNH School of Law Commencement’
quoting from #NathanielHawthorne –
“Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and it is important,
whether he chooses to be so or not.”
Edited June 24, 2025
a place to fill in this world – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-place-to-fill-in-this-world-v2.html
Edited June 24, 2025
I didn’t trust You to protect me – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/i-didnt-trust-you-to-protect-me-v2.html
#bullying in elementary school
June 23, 2025
I forgive You God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/i-forgive-you-god.html
June 23, 2025
You didn’t protect me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/you-didnt-protect-me.html
bullying in elementary school
June 23, 2025
Why isn’t God’s love enough
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/why-isnt-gods-love-enough.html
June 23, 2025
cleanse me, Lord, completely
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/cleanse-me-lord-completely.html
June 23, 2025
wash my soul
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/wash-my-soul.html
June 22, 2025
wearing a mask
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/wearing-mask.html  
June 22, 2025
fear of man
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/fear-of-man.html
 
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All my sins are against God

Every sin against my brothers,
against my sisters, other mortals,
against creation itself.
All my sins are against God,
His Law, His will for my life…
 
Everything I have done on earth
has consequences in heaven,
ripples spreading outward.
All my sins are against God,
my Savior and my Lord…
 
Every sin is evil
in the sight of God,
every sin, without exception.
All my sins are against God,
Creator of heaven and earth…
 
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Edited June 25, 2025
All my sins are against God
 
June 24, 2025
All my sin is against God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/all-my-sin-is-against-god.html
Based on #Psalm51:4a (David)
Based on #1John1:7-9
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
and re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 1
June 24, 2025
Not their sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/not-their-sin.html
Based on #Psalm51:3 (David)
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
and re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 1
June 24, 2025
How will we answer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/how-will-we-answer.html
quote from keynote speech by former
National Security Advisor #JakeSullivan,
at UNH School of Law Commencement’
quoting from #NathanielHawthorne –
“Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and it is important,
whether he chooses to be so or not.”
Edited June 24, 2025
a place to fill in this world – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-place-to-fill-in-this-world-v2.html
Edited June 24, 2025
I didn’t trust You to protect me – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/i-didnt-trust-you-to-protect-me-v2.html
Based on #Psalm51 (David)
Based on #1John1:7-9
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
and re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 1
#bullying in elementary school
June 23, 2025
I forgive You God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/i-forgive-you-god.html
June 23, 2025
You didn’t protect me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/you-didnt-protect-me.html
bullying in elementary school
June 23, 2025
Why isn’t God’s love enough
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/why-isnt-gods-love-enough.html
June 23, 2025
cleanse me, Lord, completely
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/cleanse-me-lord-completely.html
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
June 23, 2025
wash my soul
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/wash-my-soul.html
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
June 22, 2025
wearing a mask
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/wearing-mask.html  
June 22, 2025
fear of man
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/fear-of-man.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.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, 1 John 1, Psalm 51, sin, prayer, confession, salvation, calling, purpose, assurance,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #prayer #sin #confession #salvation #calling #purpose #assurance