A #Prayer for #Ukraine, for her people #Poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #hope #courage #heroes #glory #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #Maidan #revolution #peace #honor #victory

Lord, we come before You...
Hear our prayer, oh Father,
for Ukraine, for her people,
carrying our burden
holding high their banner
standing against Moskal’s horde...
in a fight they never wanted,
fighting because they must
for their nation to survive,
to continue to exist...
 
Protect them, Lord, we pray...
We pray that real partners rise,
honest about the pain they endure,
because we are timid,
because we are complacent
because we are complicit in blood...
in their torment, silent
when we must speak, when we must act,
against Russia, against genocide,
the evil of this war...
 
Lord, hear our prayers...
Lord, bring a just peace
to the people of Ukraine
May they heal...
from the great pain they carry
the evil they have endured...
May Your light pierce the darkness...
May evil be defeated...
May Ukraine be restored...
May they live in peace once more...
 
Amen
 
------
Edited/ new name July 30, 2026
A Prayer for Ukraine, for her people
 
Edited/ new name July 28, 2026
For Ukraine, for her people
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/for-ukraine-for-her-people.html
July 27, 2026
For these people,
For this nation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/for-these-people.html
edited July 25, 2026
Fly Taras – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/fly-taras-v2.html
Edited July 17, 2026
The enemy has no idea – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-enemy-has-no-idea-v4.html
Edited July 1, 2026
Breaking the chains of empire - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/breaking-chains-of-empire-v2.html
Edited June 24, 2026
Resolve personified – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/resolve-personified-v7.html
Edited June 30, 2026
Taras saw this future – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/taras-saw-this-future-v4.html
Edited December 2, 2025
A prayer for Ukraine – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-prayer-for-ukraine-v4.html
May 22, 2024
In the crucible of history
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/in-crucible-of-history.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, Ukraine, God, prayer, hope, courage, heroes, glory, defenders, Taras Shevchenko, justice, Maidan, revolution, honor, peace, victory,

#Poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #hope #courage #heroes #glory #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #Maidan #revolution #peace #honor #victory

Hear the cries of your #Future – v2 #Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #victory #glory #protest #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace #honor #remembrance #NABU #Fedorov #Zelenskyy #Syrskyi

Their protests are expanding,
their demands are escalating...
Hear the cries of your Future
to the leaders of Ukraine...
 
Like Maidan they saw in their youth,
Like their protests for NABU last year...
the cardboard signs they hold at 9:00 am...
Replaced with protest signs at 9:01 am...
 
Their protests are louder, strident,
while the Rada is empty
Their demands are escalating -
Their future is in the breach...
 
A 21st-century war...
demands a 21st-century leader...
Innovation will save them
for an enduring peace...
 
Their protest are for justice,
for reforms to the system...
The Soviet way of war
will not defeat the Russians...
 
Attrition will not prevail...
Asymmetric war is essential...
The battlefield is on the screens
of thousands of drone operators...
 
You must reinstate Minister Fedorov!
Now, President Zelenskyy!
Listen to your Future -
Protesting, crying in the street!
 
---------------- 
Edited July 29, 2026
Hear the cries of your Future – v2
 
Protests across Ukraine
to reinstate Mykhailo Fedorov
as Minister of Defense
Edited July 29, 2026
Joining in Protest – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/joining-in-protest-v2.html
Edited July 29, 2026
Another cardboard revolution – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/another-cardboard-revolution-v2.html
Edited July 29, 2026
Joining in Protest – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/joining-in-protest-v2.html
Protests across Ukraine
to reinstate Mykhailo Fedorov
as Minister of Defense
Edited July 29, 2026
Another cardboard revolution – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/another-cardboard-revolution-v2.html
Edited July 17, 2026
hand-written signs – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/hand-written-signs-v2.html
Edited July 17, 2026
The enemy has no idea – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-enemy-has-no-idea-v4.html
Edited July 11, 2026
Innovation – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/innovation-v2.html
Edited July 1, 2026
Breaking the chains of empire - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/breaking-chains-of-empire-v2.html
Edited June 24, 2026
Resolve personified – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/resolve-personified-v7.html
Edited June 30, 2026
Taras saw this future – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/taras-saw-this-future-v4.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, Ukraine, victory, hope, courage, heroes, victory, glory, protest, defenders, Taras Shevchenko, justice, peace, honor, remembrance, NABU, Maidan, Fedorov, Zelenskyy, Syrskyi,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #victory #glory #protest #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace #honor #remembrance #NABU #Fedorov #Zelenskyy #Syrskyi

Joining in #Protest – v2 #Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #victory #glory #protest #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace #honor #remembrance #NABU #Fedorov #Zelenskyy

Stopping daily, the nation gathers,
Carrying cardboard signs
for their fallen, for defenders,
those still held by Russia...
Standing together at 9:00 am
for a Moment of Honor...
 
But gathering again at 9:01 am
with new signs of protest
over an unwise decision...
In the heat of conflict,
forced to choose sides,
a tragic choice...
 
Joining in protest,
the young, the veterans,
chanting slogans, praying,
singing the national anthem...
In the middle of war standing
for what they believe...
 
Yearning for that future
when they will be at peace
seeing a victory in
innovation over attrition...
The risk of meat assaults,
the loss of each human life...
 
We pray now for wisdom
for a change to the decision
for the cost of war to fall
on the aggressor, not the victim...
For unity to rise once more
for the defeat of the enemy...
 
---------------- 
Edited July 29, 2026
Joining in Protest – v2
 
Protests across Ukraine
to reinstate Mykhailo Fedorov
as Minister of Defense
Edited July 29, 2026
Another cardboard revolution – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/another-cardboard-revolution-v2.html
Edited, new name July 20, 2026
Hear the cries of your Future
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/hear-cries-of-your-future.html
Edited July 17, 2026
hand-written signs – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/hand-written-signs-v2.html
Edited July 17, 2026
The enemy has no idea – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-enemy-has-no-idea-v4.html
Edited July 16, 2026
In the crucible of war – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/in-crucible-of-war-v3.html
Edited July 11, 2026
Innovation – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/innovation-v2.html
Edited July 1, 2026
Breaking the chains of empire - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/breaking-chains-of-empire-v2.html
Edited June 24, 2026
Resolve personified – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/resolve-personified-v7.html
Edited June 30, 2026
Taras saw this future – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/taras-saw-this-future-v4.html
May 24, 2026
The Eyes of the Defenders – Version 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-eyes-of-defenders-version-3.html
May 22, 2024
In the crucible of history
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/in-crucible-of-history.html
About President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський,
and the Ukrainian people
 
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, Ukraine, victory, hope, courage, heroes, victory, glory, protest, defenders, Taras Shevchenko, justice, peace, honor, remembrance, NABU, Maidan, Fedorov, Zelenskyy,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #victory #glory #protest #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace #honor #remembrance #NABU #Fedorov #Zelenskyy

Another #cardboard #revolution – v2 #Poetry #Ukraine #hope #courage #heroes #glory #protest #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #Maidan #cardboard #revolution #peace #honor #Fedorov #Zelenskyy #Magyar #drones #MinisterofDefense #MO #Maidan #NAKO #NABU

The people in the street are still standing,
They are not willing to remain silent,
about the choices that were made,
about the choosing of sides...
and only then beginning to listen...
 
More than twelve years after Maidan
People are again gathering in protest
to chart the course for their nation...
Another cardboard revolution is rising
After more than four years of war...
 
The people themselves hold power,
standing in silence, in honor,
holding signs each morning at 9:00 am...
Every hero, every handwritten sign reflects
Their deep love of Ukraine...
 
They feel the tide turning,
a change in their posture,
the rising pace of innovation...
Missiles, drones targeting Moscow,
Wildberries warehouses on fire, ablaze...
 
In the crucible of war, this trial,
A fateful decision, momentum,
A critical change agent -
A strategy of victory -
They do not want to lose...
 
A cry to their president,
in the square before him,
and in cities across the nation,
thumping on cardboard -
Reinstate the visionary –
The one in whom they believe...
----------------
Edited July 29, 2026
Another cardboard revolution – v2
 
edited July 25, 2026
Fly Taras – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/fly-taras-v2.html
Edited July 23, 2026
Magyar’s Birds – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/magyars-birds-v2.html
July 23, 2026
The change agent – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-change-agent-v2.html
July 20, 2026
Joining in Protest
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/joining-in-protest.html
Edited, new name July 20, 2026
Hear the cries of your Future
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/hear-cries-of-your-future.html
Edited July 17, 2026
hand-written signs – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/hand-written-signs-v2.html
Edited July 17, 2026
The enemy has no idea – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-enemy-has-no-idea-v4.html
Edited July 11, 2026
Innovation – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/innovation-v2.html
Edited July 1, 2026
Breaking the chains of empire - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/breaking-chains-of-empire-v2.html
Edited June 24, 2026
Resolve personified – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/resolve-personified-v7.html
Edited June 30, 2026
Taras saw this future – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/taras-saw-this-future-v4.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, Ukraine, hope, courage, heroes, glory, protest, defenders, Taras Shevchenko, justice, Maidan, cardboard, revolution, honor, Fedorov, Zelenskyy, drones, victory, NABU, NAKO,

#Poetry #Ukraine #hope #courage #heroes #glory #protest #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #Maidan #cardboard #revolution #peace #honor #Fedorov #Zelenskyy #Magyar #drones #MinisterofDefense #MO #Maidan #NAKO #NABU

A Lean-to in the #Woods - v3 #poetry #poem #wind #nature #forest #cold #love #grace #faith #God #hope #comfort #woods #spring #ladyslipper #flower

A bed of pines, of leaves,
corrugated metal for a roof
and snow fencing walls...
a tin of fresh-pine-needle tea
brewing in the open fire...
 
My place of refuge
out in the woods
just up the hill
off the path, in the deep...
just up from home.
 
A place for reflection
sanctuary in the city
close but away
from the day-to-day
from school, from my home...
 
Near the single-bed of lady slippers
that I had discovered,
up the path and to the right...
I could still walk it now
Fifty years later...
 
-----------------------
Edited July 29, 2026
A Lean-to in the Woods – v3
 
edited March 26, 2021
A Lean-to in the Woods - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/a-lean-to-in-woods-v2.html
up the trail from Apple Hill Road,
Claremont, NH
1976 to 1978
November 23, 2006, 20:06
A Lean-to in the Woods
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/11/lean-to-in-woods.html
edited October 29, 2015
Out in the Woods – v5
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/out-in-woods-v5.html
(editing version 4)
edited April 16, 2015
Out in the Woods – v4
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/out-in-woods-v4.html
(editing original)
Edited April 24, 2013
“Out in the woods – v3”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/out-in-woods-v3.html
(from the original)
edited April 26, 2012
“Out in the woods – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/04/out-in-woods-v2.html
Original poem 3/26/2004
“Out in the woods”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/04/out-in-woods.html
about walking in the woods in Claremont, NH
edited October 29, 2015
A Walk in the Woods – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-walk-in-woods-v3.html
(editing version 2)
Edited April 24, 2013
“A Walk in the Woods – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-walk-in-woods-v2.html
August 7, 2006 19:38
“A Walk in the Woods”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/08/walk-in-woods.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, poem, wind, nature, forest, cold, love, grace, faith, God, hope, comfort, Raymond A. Foss, Poetry Where You Live, spring, woods, lady slipper, flower,
 
#poetry  #poem #wind #nature #forest #cold #love #grace #faith #God  #hope #comfort  #woods #spring #ladyslipper #flower

#General #Frost is watching – v2 #poetry #Ukraine #Russia #Winter #drones #power #heat #gasoline #GeneralFrost #GeneralWinter #Madyar #MagyarsBirds

Moscow has been sleeping
St. Petersburg is waking from deep slumber
Suddenly seeing urgent attacks
wave upon wave...
 
The stillness has been shattered
with every drone strike...
General Frost is watching
for what will come next...
 
Life will change radically this winter
as the energy sector is struck...
The war will come home
as the mercury drops...
 
The distance has been removed,
Russia’s ancient line of protection...
Ukraine’s missiles and drones
will plunge them into darkness...
 
------
Edited July 28, 2026
General Frost is watching – v2
 
Robert Brovdi’s promise in his interview...
Robert “мадяр” Brovdi, (spelled “Magyar” (Hungarian) and “Madyar” (Ukrainian))
Commander of the Unmanned Systems of Ukraine
Interview by Caolan Robertson
“This Man is Destroying Putin’s Empire”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DA7EXbf_d4Edited July 23, 2026
Magyar’s Birds – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/magyars-birds-v2.html
Edited November 2, 2025
General Frost, General Winter – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/11/general-frost-general-winter-v3.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE1N5V0sz-0
The title is about the Russian winter and its role in
the Great Northern War, the Napoleonic War, and WWII,
and how it may be very different in the Ukraine War,
where Ukraine is using asymmetrical warfare to attack
oil and gas infrastructure rather than invading
 
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, Ukraine, Russia, Winter, General Frost, General Winter, power, heat, gasoline, drones, Magyar, Magyar’s Birds,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #Russia #Winter #drones #power #heat #gasoline #GeneralFrost #GeneralWinter #Madyar #MagyarsBirds

For #Ukraine, for her #people #Poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #hope #courage #heroes #glory #protest #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #Maidan #revolution #peace #honor

Lord, hear our prayer
for Ukraine, for her people,
carrying our burden
holding high their banner
standing against Moskal’s horde,
in a fight they never wanted,
fighting because they must
for their nation to survive,
to continue to exist...
 
May real partners rise up
honest about the pain they endure,
because we are timid,
because we are complacent
because we are complicit in blood
in their torment, silent
when we must speak, when we must act,
against Russia, against genocide,
the evil of this war...
 
Lord, bring a just peace
to the people of Ukraine
May they heal...
from the great pain they carry
the evil they have endured...
May Your light pierce the darkness...
May evil be defeated...
May Ukraine be restored...
May they live in peace...
 
Amen
 
------
Edited/ new name July 28, 2026
For Ukraine, for her people
 
July 27, 2026
For these people,
For this nation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/for-these-people.html
Edited July 27, 2026
Another cardboard revolution
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/another-cardboard-revolution.html
edited July 25, 2026
Fly Taras – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/fly-taras-v2.html
Edited July 23, 2026
Magyar’s Birds – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/magyars-birds-v2.html
Edited July 17, 2026
The enemy has no idea – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-enemy-has-no-idea-v4.html
Edited July 11, 2026
Innovation – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/innovation-v2.html
Edited July 1, 2026
Breaking the chains of empire - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/breaking-chains-of-empire-v2.html
Edited June 24, 2026
Resolve personified – v7
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/resolve-personified-v7.html
Edited June 30, 2026
Taras saw this future – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/taras-saw-this-future-v4.html
May 22, 2024
In the crucible of history
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/in-crucible-of-history.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, Ukraine, God, prayer, hope, courage, heroes, glory, protest, defenders, Taras Shevchenko, justice, Maidan, revolution, honor, peace,

#Poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #hope #courage #heroes #glory #protest #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #Maidan #revolution #peace #honor

the #light remains – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #idol #father #shadows #FightingShadows

Your shadows are not a sentence, 
of death, of damnation... 
Our history does not determine 
our eternal life...
 
the light remains 
even when it is hidden...
Satan does not have the final say
in the story of our lives...
 
We will each fail,
We will stumble... 
fighting in the shade
of our own demons...
 
But God's light shines
cutting through our darkness...
Our past does not determine 
our eternal life...
 
-------------
Edited July 28, 2026
the light remains – v2
 
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 1
May 16, 2026
you have cast a shadow
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/you-have-cast-shadow.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Chapter 1
May 16, 2026
Shadows – 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/shadows.html
Book, Fighting Shadows, Introduction, pages xxi, xxii
May 14, 2026
Kneeling before the pedestal
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/kneeling-before-pedestal.html
Based on Romans 8:1-2
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 4, Day 1.
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, “Harms to Me” overview.
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 3, Day 2.
Edited May 6, 2026
Confession and Repentance – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/confession-and-repentance-v2.html
Based on Psalm 51:3-6
Based on Psalm 51
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, Large group teaching
May 4, 2026
letting go of fear
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/letting-go-of-fear.html
Based on Romans 8:14-15
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, Day 5.
May 4, 2026
Help us to see clearly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/help-us-to-see-clearly.html
Based on Matthew 7:2-3, 5
Based on Romans 5:3-4
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, Day 4.
May 4, 2026
an awful cost
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/an-awful-cost.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 2, “Inventory Workbook Introduction”.
April 28, 2026
Performative Art
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/performative-art.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, large group meeting
April 28, 2026
the consequences of a silenced truth
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-consequences-of-silenced-truth.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 1, Appendix C: “Abuse Supplement”.
 
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, admit, trust, believe, inventory, idol, father, shadows, Fighting Shadows,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #admit #believe #trust #inventory #idol #father #shadows #FightingShadows

For these people, #Taras #Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #glory #protest #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace #honor #Fedorov #Zelenskyy #Birds #drones #MinisterofDefense #fly

For this nation

Lord, hear our prayer 

For these people,

For this nation,

carrying our burden

holding high their banner

standing against Moskal’s horde, 

in a fight they never wanted,

fighting because they must

to continue to exist...

May partners rise up

facing the pain they endure 

because we are timid,

because we are complacent 

we are complicit in blood

in their torment, silent

when we must speak 

against Russia, against genocide, 

the evil of this war...

Lord, bring a just peace

to the people of Ukraine 

so they may heal...

the great pain they carry

the evil they have endured...

May Your light pierce the darkness...

May evil be defeated...

May Ukraine be restored...

May they live in peace...

Amen

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For these people,

For this nation

#poetry #Ukraine #victory #peace

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.

where #Christ is not known #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Matthew28 #Matthew27 #centurion #GreatCommission #light #darkness #seeds #harvest #missionaries #calling #purpose

Where His name has not been spoken
our lives have been commissioned,
our love, missionaries are sent
where Christ is not known –
Life, light to heal the world –
We witness to them
to all tribes, every tongue,
to every nation on earth...
 
Where Christ is not known
where His name has not been spoken
this is the field for the workers,
where we plant, where we water,
where we tend the soil of hearts
this is where God reaps the harvest
One lost sheep at a time –
Life, light to heal the world...
 
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July 27, 2026
where Christ is not known
 
sermon, “Victory Over the Darkness”
Matthew 27:45-54
Matthew 28:18-20
North Hills Church
July 27, 2026
Before the Age will end
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/before-age-will-end.html
Series: Jesus in Dark Places
Matthew 28:18-20
Matthew 24:14
Revelations 5:9-10
Isaiah 61:2b
Genesis 12:1-3
Psalm 66:4
Psalm 67:4
 
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, Matthew 28, Matthew 27, Centurion, the Great Commission, light, darkness, seeds, harvest, missionaries, calling, purpose,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Matthew28 #Matthew27 #centurion #GreatCommission #light #darkness #seeds #harvest #missionaries #calling #purpose

Before the Age will end #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Matthew28

Your name will be proclaimed
Your name will be known, Jesus,
before this Age will end
before You will come again...
 
So many dark places
where Your name has not been spoken
where You are unknown
dark places needing Your light,
Your love, Your mercy
washing over the earth...
 
Only when Your name is known
only when Your name is preached
can this Age end...
will You come again...
 
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July 27, 2026
Before the Age will end
 
Series: Jesus in Dark Places
Matthew 28:18-20
Matthew 24:14
Revelations 5:9-10
Isaiah 61:2b
Genesis 12:1-3
Psalm 66:4
Psalm 67:4
 
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, Matthew 28,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Matthew28

while we are waiting #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Noah #prodigal #secondcoming #Matthew24 #Zechariah14 #Acts1 #Revelations22 #1Thessalonians4 #Luke15 #Genesis6 #lostsheep

as we prepare
while we are waiting
even when we doubt...
we must be in the vineyard,
in the fields, on the street,
sharing the Good News,
being Jesus’ hands and feet...
 
being ready...
means planting, watering,
preparing the good soil...
 
of human hearts
not sitting at home
with our open bibles...
we are to seek
to increase God’s harvest,
to increase God’s joy,
in heaven above...
 
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July 27, 2026
while we are waiting
 
Matthew 28:18-20
July 27, 2026
Be prepared, be ready
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/be-prepared-be-ready.html
Matthew 24:36-44
Genesis 6:5-8
Genesis 6-8 (Noah)
Isaiah 61:21(b)
Zechariah 14:4
Acts 1:9-11
Titus 2:11-14
Luke 15:1-7 (one lost sheep)
Luke 15:11-32 (prodigal son)
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18
Revelations 22:20
Revelations 1:7
Matthew 24:30
Revelations 19:11-16
Revelations 19
Sermon, by Pastor Terry Rogers
Sermon series, “Written in Red”
Faith Renewed Church
July 23, 2026
their jaws dropped
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/their-jaws-dropped.html
Luke 4:16-21
Isaiah 61:1-2
(but not Isaiah 61:2(b))
Sermon, “This Scripture is Fulfilled”,
by Pastor Terry Rogers
Sermon series, “Written in Red”
Faith Renewed Church
July 23, 2026
Why do You love us so?
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/why-do-you-love-us-so.html
Praise songs before the sermon
Faith Renewed Church, July 19, 2026
Edited July 23, 2026
pour out your praise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/pour-out-your-praise-v2.html
praise and intense prayer by whole congregation
Faith Renewed Church, May 31, 2026
May 28, 2026
Surrender - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/surrender-2.html
Faith Renewed Church
May 18, 2026
Believe – 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/believe.html
Based on Matthew 9:27-31
Sermon, “Your Faith”
Faith Renewed 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, love, grace, Noah, prodigal, second coming, Matthew 24, Zechariah 14, Acts 1, Revelations 22, 1 Thessalonians 4, Luke 15, Genesis 6, lost sheep,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Noah #prodigal #secondcoming #Matthew24 #Zechariah14 #Acts1 #Revelations22 #1Thessalonians4 #Luke15 #Genesis6 #lostsheep