Poetry Where You Live

Wednesday, April 08, 2026

Наша пам’ять живе, #вічна – v3 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history

Згадаймо кожну душу,
кожне невинне серце,
кожне життя, забране божевіллям—
війну, якої вони ніколи не просили,
геноцид, що увірвався в їхні домівки...

Зупинімося на мить,
щоб згадати їхню жертву заради свободи—
тих, хто тримав стрій,
плекаючи свої мрії
перш ніж їх забрали від нас...

Згадаймо словом і ділом
тих, хто стоїть на передовій...

Станьмо з Україною,
поки ми ще дихаємо...
бо вони борються за людяність
проти тиранії та зла.

Об’єднаймося в молитві.
Пам’ятаймо завжди...

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Edited April 8, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal-v3.html
8 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна – v3

6 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/v2.html
Edited April 6, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal-v2.html
Edited April 6, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal.
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal.html
6 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post_6.html
6 квітня 2026 р.
Жива пам'ять
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post.html
April 6, 2026
Living Memory
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/living-memory-eternal-memory.html
1-year anniversary of the massacre in Kryvyi Rih, and so many posts by loved ones
of defenders and other victims in Ukraine.
Edited March 31, 2026
Будеш вільна, Україно
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_31.html
Edited March 31, 2026
You will be free, Ukraine!
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-will-be-free-ukraine_31.html
March 30, 2026
Будеш вільна, Українa
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/a.html
March 30, 2026
You will be free, Ukraina
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-will-be-free-ukraine.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Honor – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor-v3.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Честь – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/v3.html
Honor
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor.html
March 24, 2026
Душа Поета
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_24.html
March 24, 2026
The soul of the poet
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-soul-of-poet.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, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, pain, serfdom, muse, prison,

#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history

Our #Memory Lives On, #Eternal – v3 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history

Let us remember every soul,
every innocent heart,
every life taken by madness—
a war they never asked for,
genocide that burst into their homes...

Let us pause for a moment
to remember their sacrifice for freedom—
those who held the line,
cherishing their dreams
before they were taken from us...

Let us remember in word and deed
those who stand on the front lines...

Let us stand with Ukraine
while we still breathe...
for they are fighting for humanity
against tyranny and evil.
Let us unite in prayer.
Let us always remember...

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Edited April 8, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal – v3

8 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна – v3

Edited April 6, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal – v2
6 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/v2.html
Edited April 6, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal-v2.html
Edited April 6, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal.
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal.html
6 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post_6.html
1-ша річниця різанини в Кривий Ріг та стільки постів від близьких
захисників та інших жертв в Україні.
Edits by Hanna Yurchenko
6 квітня 2026 р.
Жива пам'ять
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post.html
April 6, 2026
Living Memory (Eternal Memory)
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/living-memory-eternal-memory.html
1-year anniversary of the massacre in Kryvyi Rih, and so many posts by loved ones
of defenders and other victims in Ukraine.
Edited March 31, 2026
Будеш вільна, Україно
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_31.html
Edited March 31, 2026
You will be free, Ukraine!
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-will-be-free-ukraine_31.html
March 30, 2026
Будеш вільна, Українa
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/a.html
March 30, 2026
You will be free, Ukraina
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-will-be-free-ukraine.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Honor – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor-v3.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Честь – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/v3.html
Honor
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor.html
March 24, 2026
Душа Поета
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_24.html
March 24, 2026
The soul of the poet
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-soul-of-poet.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, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, pain, serfdom, muse, prison,

#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history

Tuesday, April 07, 2026

I have called on Your name #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit #Lamentations3

I have called on Your name
even in my rebellion
You have listened to my cries
in the darkest night...

You have saved me
from the pit of my sin...

Redeem me for Your purpose
Wash me, heal me,
set me once again on the path
the way of Your calling...

Draw me close to You,
Forgive me completely...

Continue Your work in me,
oh Potter, Creator,
until my days are done,
redeem me, oh Savior,
Healer, always...

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April 7, 2026
I have called on Your name

Based on Lamentations 3:55-59
Based on 2 Peter 3:9
Based on Isaiah 25:8
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Appendix C, “Abuse Supplement”.
April 7, 2026
In depths You made me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/in-depths-you-made-me.html
Based on Psalm 139:13-16
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Appendix C, “Abuse Supplement”.
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 6, “Review and Catch Up”.
April 5, 2026
Making mud pies in a slum
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/making-mud-pies-in-slum.html
C.S. Lewis quote from essay, “The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses”.
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 5, “God of the Bible: His Desire,
His Dilemma, His Pursuit”.
April 5, 2026
Children of the Fall
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/children-of-fall.html
Based on Psalm 14:2-3
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 5, “God of the Bible: His Desire,
His Dilemma, His Pursuit”.
April 5, 2026
Do they see Jesus
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-they-see-jesus.html
Easter Sunday
April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-people-see-his-likeness_4.html
Edited April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-people-see-his-likeness-v3.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 5, “God of the Bible: His Desire,
His Dilemma, His Pursuit”.
April 2, 2026
In the muck and mire
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/in-muck-and-mire.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 4, “God of the Bible: Just, Loving”.
April 2, 2026
Storing up wrath
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/storing-up-wrath.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 4, “God of the Bible: Just, Loving”.
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 3, “God of the Bible: Allows Suffering”.
March 27, 2026
You held me in Your hands
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-held-me-in-your-hands.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 1, “God of the Bible: All-Powerful, All-Knowing, All-Present Creator”.

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, confession, trust, believe, forgive, change, powerless, admit, Lamentations 3,

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit #Lamentations3

In the depths, You made me #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit #Psalm139

Hidden, in secret,
In silence, except for her body,
Her heartbeat, her songs to me...
You knitted me, You shaped me
You made me for a purpose...

In the depths, You made me
You created my life
From the earth, the dust,
You quickened my flesh...

How wondrous this truth
How completely You knew me
How You know me now,
Every step of my path
Is written in Your book...

Every page numbered,
Recorded in heaven,
In the depths, You made me
For Your purpose, oh God...

================
April 7, 2026
In depths You made me

Based on Psalm 139:13-16
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Appendix C, “Abuse Supplement”.
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 6, “Review and Catch Up”.
April 5, 2026
Making mud pies in a slum
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/making-mud-pies-in-slum.html
C.S. Lewis quote from essay, “The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses”.
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 5, “God of the Bible: His Desire,
His Dilemma, His Pursuit”.
April 5, 2026
Children of the Fall
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/children-of-fall.html
Based on Psalm 14:2-3
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 5, “God of the Bible: His Desire,
His Dilemma, His Pursuit”.
April 5, 2026
Do they see Jesus
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-they-see-jesus.html
Easter Sunday
April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-people-see-his-likeness_4.html
Edited April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-people-see-his-likeness-v3.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 5, “God of the Bible: His Desire,
His Dilemma, His Pursuit”.
April 2, 2026
In the muck and mire
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/in-muck-and-mire.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 4, “God of the Bible: Just, Loving”.
April 2, 2026
Storing up wrath
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/storing-up-wrath.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 4, “God of the Bible: Just, Loving”.
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 3, “God of the Bible: Allows Suffering”.
April 2, 2026
I bear the mark of my sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/i-bear-mark-of-my-sin.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 2, “God of the Bible: Perfectly Good”.
March 27, 2026
You held me in Your hands
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-held-me-in-your-hands.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 1, “God of the Bible: All-Powerful, All-Knowing, All-Present Creator”.

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, confession, trust, believe, forgive, change, powerless, admit, Psalm 139,

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit #Psalm139

Monday, April 06, 2026

Наша пам’ять живе, вічна – v2 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history

Наша пам’ять живе, вічна – v2

Згадаймо кожну душу,
кожного захисника, кожне невинне серце,
кожне життя, згасле в ім’я божевілля—
війни, якої вони не просили, терору,
геноциду, що вдерся в їхні домівки...

Зупинімося на мить, дивлячись у їхні очі —
цих героїв свободи — України й наших власних...
тих, хто тримав рубіж,
плекаючи свої мрії,
перш ніж їх було відібрано у нас...

Пам’ятаймо словом і ділом
тих, хто стоїть у проломі...

Будьмо з Україною, поки маємо подих...
Бо їхня битва - це битва за людяність
проти тиранії та зла.
Єднаймося в молитві.
Пам’ятаймо завжди...

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6 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна – v2

Edited April 6, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal-v2.html
Edited April 6, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal.
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal.html
6 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post_6.html
1-ша річниця різанини в Кривий Ріг та стільки постів від близьких
захисників та інших жертв в Україні.
Edits by Hanna Yurchenko
6 квітня 2026 р.
Жива пам'ять
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post.html
April 6, 2026
Living Memory
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/living-memory-eternal-memory.html
1-year anniversary of the massacre in Kryvyi Rih, and so many posts by loved ones
of defenders and other victims in Ukraine.
Edited March 31, 2026
Будеш вільна, Україно
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_31.html
Edited March 31, 2026
You will be free, Ukraine!
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-will-be-free-ukraine_31.html
March 30, 2026
Будеш вільна, Українa
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/a.html
March 30, 2026
You will be free, Ukraina
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-will-be-free-ukraine.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Honor – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor-v3.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Честь – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/v3.html
Honor
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor.html
In part about Oleksandra Davydenko, the first woman of the National Guard of Ukraine
awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine.
March 24, 2026
Душа Поета
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_24.html
March 24, 2026
The soul of the poet
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-soul-of-poet.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, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, pain, serfdom, muse, prison,

#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history

Our #memory lives on, #eternal – v2 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history

Let us remember every soul,
every defender, every innocent heart,
every life extinguished in the name of madness—
a war they never asked for, terror,
genocide that burst into their homes...

Let us pause for a moment, looking into their eyes—
these heroes of freedom—of Ukraine and our own...
those who held the line,
nurturing their dreams
before they were taken from us...

Let us remember in word and deed
those who stand in the breach...

Let us stand with Ukraine while we still have breath...
for their struggle is a struggle for humanity
against tyranny and evil.
Let us unite in prayer.
Let us remember always...

-------------------
Edited April 6, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal – v2

Edited April 6, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal.
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal.html
6 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post_6.html
1-ша річниця різанини в Кривий Ріг та стільки постів від близьких
захисників та інших жертв в Україні.
Edits by Hanna Yurchenko
6 квітня 2026 р.
Жива пам'ять
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post.html
April 6, 2026
Living Memory (Eternal Memory)
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/living-memory-eternal-memory.html
1-year anniversary of the massacre in Kryvyi Rih, and so many posts by loved ones
of defenders and other victims in Ukraine.
Edited March 31, 2026
Будеш вільна, Україно
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_31.html
Edited March 31, 2026
You will be free, Ukraine!
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-will-be-free-ukraine_31.html
March 30, 2026
Будеш вільна, Українa
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/a.html
March 30, 2026
You will be free, Ukraina
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-will-be-free-ukraine.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Honor – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor-v3.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Честь – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/v3.html
Honor
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor.html
In part about Oleksandra Davydenko, the first woman of the National Guard of Ukraine
awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine.
March 24, 2026
Душа Поета
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_24.html
March 24, 2026
The soul of the poet
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-soul-of-poet.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, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, pain, serfdom, muse, prison,

#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history

Our #memory lives on, #eternal. #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history

Let us remember every soul,
every defender, everyone who is innocent,
every life extinguished in the whirlwind of madness—
a war they did not ask for,
a genocide that broke into their homes...

Let us pause for a moment, looking into the eyes
of the heroes of freedom—both theirs and ours,
those who held the line,
who nurtured their dreams,
until they were taken away from us...

Let us remember in word and in deed,
by supporting those who stand on the edge...

Let us stand with Ukraine as long as we have breath...
For their battle is a battle for humanity
against blind tyranny and evil.
Let us unite in prayer.
Let us always remember...

-------------------
Edited April 6, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal.

6 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post_6.html
1-ша річниця різанини в Кривий Ріг та стільки постів від близьких
захисників та інших жертв в Україні.
Edits by Hanna Yurchenko
6 квітня 2026 р.
Жива пам'ять
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post.html
April 6, 2026
Living Memory (Eternal Memory)
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/living-memory-eternal-memory.html
1-year anniversary of the massacre in Kryvyi Rih, and so many posts by loved ones
of defenders and other victims in Ukraine.
Edited March 31, 2026
Будеш вільна, Україно
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_31.html
Edited March 31, 2026
You will be free, Ukraine!
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-will-be-free-ukraine_31.html
March 30, 2026
Будеш вільна, Українa
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/a.html
March 30, 2026
You will be free, Ukraina
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-will-be-free-ukraine.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Honor – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor-v3.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Честь – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/v3.html
Honor
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor.html
In part about Oleksandra Davydenko, the first woman of the National Guard of Ukraine
awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine.
March 24, 2026
Душа Поета
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_24.html
March 24, 2026
The soul of the poet
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-soul-of-poet.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, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, pain, serfdom, muse, prison,

#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history

Наша пам'ять жива, вічна #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history

Згадаймо кожну душу,
кожного захисника, кожного, хто не винен,
кожне життя, згасле у вирі божевілля -
війни, якої вони не просили,
геноциду, що вдерся в їхні домівки...

Зупинімося на мить, дивлячись у вічі
героям свободи - і їхнім, і нашим,
тим, хто тримав оборону,
хто плекав свої мрії,
Допоки їх не забрали від нас...

Згадаймо словом і ділом,
підтримавши тих, хто стоїть на межі...

Будьмо з Україною, доки вистачить подиху...
Бо їхня битва - це битва за людяність
проти сліпої тиранії та зла.
З’єднаймо молитви.
Пам’ятаймо завжди...

-------------------
Edited April 6, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal.

6 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна

Edits by Hanna Yurchenko
6 квітня 2026 р.
Жива пам'ять
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post.html
1-ша річниця різанини в Кривий Ріг та стільки постів від близьких
захисників та інших жертв в Україні.
April 6, 2026
Living Memory
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/living-memory-eternal-memory.html
1-year anniversary of the massacre in Kryvyi Rih, and so many posts by loved ones
of defenders and other victims in Ukraine.
Edited March 31, 2026
Будеш вільна, Україно
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_31.html
Edited March 31, 2026
You will be free, Ukraine!
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-will-be-free-ukraine_31.html
March 30, 2026
Будеш вільна, Українa
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/a.html
March 30, 2026
You will be free, Ukraina
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-will-be-free-ukraine.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Honor – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor-v3.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Честь – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/v3.html
Honor
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor.html
In part about Oleksandra Davydenko, the first woman of the National Guard of Ukraine
awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine.
March 24, 2026
Душа Поета
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_24.html
March 24, 2026
The soul of the poet
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-soul-of-poet.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, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, pain, serfdom, muse, prison,

#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history

Жива пам’ять (Вічна пам’ять) poetry, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, pain, serfdom, muse, prison,

Згадаймо кожну душу,
кожного захисника, кожного мирного жителя,
кожне життя, втрачене через це божевілля—
цю війну, якої вони ніколи не хотіли,
цей терор, цей геноцид,
принесений на їхню землю...

Зупинімося, коли бачимо їх,
образи їхніх героїв,
наших героїв також—героїв свободи,
які стояли в боротьбі,
які жили своїм життям...
Допоки їх не забрали від нас...

Згадаймо через наші слова,
через наші дії, щоб підтримати їх,
стояти з Україною стільки, скільки буде потрібно...
Їхня боротьба — це боротьба людства
проти тиранії, проти цього зла...
Приєднаймося до їхніх молитов,
Завжди пам’ятаймо...

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6 квітня 2026 р.
Жива пам'ять

1-ша річниця різанини в Кривий Ріг та стільки постів від близьких
захисників та інших жертв в Україні.
April 6, 2026
Living Memory
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/living-memory-eternal-memory.html
Edited March 31, 2026
Будеш вільна, Україно
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_31.html
Edited March 31, 2026
You will be free, Ukraine!
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-will-be-free-ukraine_31.html
March 30, 2026
Будеш вільна, Українa
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/a.html
March 30, 2026
You will be free, Ukraina
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-will-be-free-ukraine.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Honor – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor-v3.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Честь – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/v3.html
Honor
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor.html
In part about Oleksandra Davydenko, the first woman of the National Guard of Ukraine
awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine.
March 24, 2026
Душа Поета
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_24.html
March 24, 2026
The soul of the poet
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-soul-of-poet.html
March 24, 2026
Я вже вдома
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post.html
March 24, 2026
I’m already home
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/im-already-home.html
Ukrainian phrase:
“Я вже вдома”,
Which means both, “I am already home” and
“I am home already”.
and Ephesians 2:4:7
Edited March 10, 2026
Gold, Золото – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/gold-v2.html
Drafted after seeing notes from my Ukrainian teacher
about expressions with Золото (Gold) within them

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, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, pain, serfdom, muse, prison,

#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history

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Living Memory (#Eternal #Memory) #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history

Let us remember every soul,
every defender, every civilian,
every life lost because of this madness—
this war they never wanted,
this terror, this genocide
brought to their land...

Let us pause when we see them,
the images of their heroes,
our heroes too—heroes of freedom,
who stood in the struggle,
who lived their lives...
Until they were taken from us...

Let us remember through our words,
through our actions to support them,
to stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes...
Their fight is the fight of humanity
against tyranny, against this evil...
Let us join in their prayers,
Let us always remember...

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April 6, 2026
Living Memory

1-year anniversary of the massacre in Kryvyi Rih, and so many posts by loved ones
of defenders and other victims in Ukraine.
Edited March 31, 2026
Будеш вільна, Україно
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_31.html
Edited March 31, 2026
You will be free, Ukraine!
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-will-be-free-ukraine_31.html
March 30, 2026
Будеш вільна, Українa
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/a.html
March 30, 2026
You will be free, Ukraina
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-will-be-free-ukraine.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Honor – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor-v3.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Честь – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/v3.html
Honor
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor.html
In part about Oleksandra Davydenko, the first woman of the National Guard of Ukraine
awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine.
March 24, 2026
Душа Поета
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_24.html
March 24, 2026
The soul of the poet
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-soul-of-poet.html
March 24, 2026
Я вже вдома
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post.html
March 24, 2026
I’m already home
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/im-already-home.html
Ukrainian phrase:
“Я вже вдома”,
Which means both, “I am already home” and
“I am home already”.
and Ephesians 2:4:7
Edited March 10, 2026
Gold, Золото – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/gold-v2.html
Drafted after seeing notes from my Ukrainian teacher
about expressions with Золото (Gold) within themEdited March 3, 2026
Taras saw this future – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/taras-saw-this-future-v3.html
typed October 15, 2024
A voice against injustice
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-voice-against-injustice.html
Poems about Ukraine and the book, The Poet of Ukraine,
about the life and poetry of the Bard of Ukraine, Taras Shevchenko,
from 9/29/2024 to 10/15/24

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, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, pain, serfdom, muse, prison,

#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history

Sunday, April 05, 2026

on our Emmaus Journey #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #trust #believe #Easter #Emmaus #Luke24

We walk the same path
on our own Emmaus journey
We come to know Christ
walking beside us
opening the word,
this life, His mission
to save the world...

We read the scriptures,
prophesies about Jesus,
We hear His story,
God’s love for the world...
We walk the same journey
to find, to share Christ
to save the world...

We walk with Christ to Emmaus
We come to find Him within us
We rejoice as our stories are woven,
into the great story of faith...
We rise as they did, on fire,
to share our joy with others,
to save the world...

================
April 5, 2026
on our Emmaus Journey

Based on Luke 24:13-35
Easter Sunday Sunrise Service

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, Emmaus, faith, trust, believe, Easter, Luke 24,

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #trust #believe #Easter #Emmaus #Luke24

making mud pies in a slum #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit

too weak in our desires
our hopes and our dreams
seeing only the mundane
when God offers us life...

we are happy in the ruts
in our unfulfilled lives
making mud pies in a slum
separated from God...

too timid to ask
to speak joy into the world
failing to think big enough
to truly walk with God...

we settle for bittersweet,
lost in this world
when we live apart from God
death is our reward...

================
April 5, 2026
Making mud pies in a slum

C.S. Lewis quote from essay, “The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses”.
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 5, “God of the Bible: His Desire,
His Dilemma, His Pursuit”.
April 5, 2026
Children of the Fall
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/children-of-fall.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 5, “God of the Bible: His Desire,
His Dilemma, His Pursuit”.
April 5, 2026
Do they see Jesus
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-they-see-jesus.html
Easter Sunday
April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-people-see-his-likeness_4.html
Edited April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-people-see-his-likeness-v3.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 5, “God of the Bible: His Desire,
His Dilemma, His Pursuit”.
April 2, 2026
In the muck and mire
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/in-muck-and-mire.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 4, “God of the Bible: Just, Loving”.
April 2, 2026
Storing up wrath
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/storing-up-wrath.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 4, “God of the Bible: Just, Loving”.
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 3, “God of the Bible: Allows Suffering”.
April 2, 2026
I bear the mark of my sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/i-bear-mark-of-my-sin.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 2, “God of the Bible: Perfectly Good”.
April 2, 2026
doubting the goodness of God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/doubting-goodness-of-god.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 2, “God of the Bible: Perfectly Good”.
March 27, 2026
You held me in Your hands
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-held-me-in-your-hands.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 1, “God of the Bible: All-Powerful, All-Knowing, All-Present Creator”.
March 24, 2026
You chose the nails.
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-chose-nails.html
Based on song, “Nails”, by Mattie Mullins
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 1, large group session

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, fear, confession, secrets, trust, believe, forgive, change, powerless, admit,

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit

#Children of the #Fall #Adam #Eve #Garden #Eden #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit

We are descendants of our parents
prodigals in the desert
Children of the Fall
of the curse in the Garden...

We are all wayward, rebellious,
We have turned our backs on God,
going our own ways, lost,
wandering in this world...

We are descendants of our parents
Children of the Fall...
separated by our sin,
Saved by Jesus Christ...

================
April 5, 2026
Children of the Fall

Based on Psalm 14:2-3
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 5, “God of the Bible: His Desire,
His Dilemma, His Pursuit”.
April 5, 2026
Do they see Jesus
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-they-see-jesus.html
Easter Sunday
April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-people-see-his-likeness_4.html
Edited April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-people-see-his-likeness-v3.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 5, “God of the Bible: His Desire,
His Dilemma, His Pursuit”.
April 2, 2026
In the muck and mire
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/in-muck-and-mire.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 4, “God of the Bible: Just, Loving”.
April 2, 2026
Storing up wrath
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/storing-up-wrath.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 4, “God of the Bible: Just, Loving”.
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 3, “God of the Bible: Allows Suffering”.
April 2, 2026
I bear the mark of my sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/i-bear-mark-of-my-sin.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 2, “God of the Bible: Perfectly Good”.
April 2, 2026
doubting the goodness of God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/doubting-goodness-of-god.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 2, “God of the Bible: Perfectly Good”.
March 27, 2026
You held me in Your hands
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-held-me-in-your-hands.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 1, “God of the Bible: All-Powerful, All-Knowing, All-Present Creator”.
March 24, 2026
You chose the nails.
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-chose-nails.html
Based on song, “Nails”, by Mattie Mullins
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 1, large group session
March 24, 2026
we must not be afraid
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/we-must-not-be-afraid-2.html
Based on Psalm 46
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 1, large group session
March 20, 2026
Diligently
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/diligently.html
Based on Proverbs 8:17
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 1, Day 2, “Explore the God of Your Understanding”.

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.

Do they #see #Jesus #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit

We must be mindful, loving,
in our words, in our actions,
in our walk, in our steps,
Do people see our Savior,
Do they see Jesus?
Do we follow Christ,
Do our words betray us
making our faith a lie?

We must follow His example,
We must follow His commandment,
We must love our neighbors,
our sisters and brothers,
as He loved us, as He loves us,
to be His disciples, His hands and feet,
to love as He commanded
before His sacrifice...

Our prayer on our journey
when others look upon us
They would see Jesus
They would know we follow
They would see we love others
that we know Christ
that we are faithful
on our daily walk...

This is the commandment
This is Christ’s challenge to us
there in the upper room
before His betrayal
before the cross...
That we would love one another
as He loved us, as He loves us
as He chose to die for us...

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April 5, 2026
Do they see Jesus

Based on John 1:14
Based on John 8:12
Based on John 13:35
Based on John 14:9
Based on John 15
Easter Sunday
April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-people-see-his-likeness_4.html
Edited April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-people-see-his-likeness-v3.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 5, “God of the Bible: His Desire,
His Dilemma, His Pursuit”.
April 2, 2026
In the muck and mire
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/in-muck-and-mire.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 4, “God of the Bible: Just, Loving”.
April 2, 2026
Storing up wrath
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/storing-up-wrath.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 4, “God of the Bible: Just, Loving”.
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 3, “God of the Bible: Allows Suffering”.
April 2, 2026
I bear the mark of my sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/i-bear-mark-of-my-sin.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 2, “God of the Bible: Perfectly Good”.
April 2, 2026
doubting the goodness of God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/doubting-goodness-of-god.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 2, “God of the Bible: Perfectly Good”.

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.

Saturday, April 04, 2026

Do people see His likeness? - 2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit #likeness #image

From the dust God formed us,
breathing life into our days…
Created in His image,
to reflect His holy ways…

Do people see His likeness
in the paths our footsteps trace…
in the mercy we show others,
in the kindness on our face…

God is righteous and eternal,
pure in justice, full of grace…
yet we walk as fragile vessels,
bearing scars of fallen race…

Still He calls us to His purpose,
to shine light where shadows live…
showing love through humble actions,
through the grace we freely give…

Do people see God’s likeness
as we walk this earthly span…
do they glimpse His light and mercy
through the witness of our hands…

For the world will read our living
more than words our voices say…
may His image shine within us
as we walk His narrow way…

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April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – 2

Edited April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/do-people-see-his-likeness-v3.html
Based on James 1:17
Based on Genesis 1:27
Based on Romans 11:36
Based on Psalm 16:11
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 5, “God of the Bible: His Desire,
His Dilemma, His Pursuit”.

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, confession, trust, believe, forgive, change, admit, likeness, image,

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit #likeness #image

Do people see His #likeness? – v3 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit #likeness #image

We are created for a purpose—
to reflect God’s glory…
God made us in His image
to be a Light to this world…

Do people see His likeness
in our words, in our actions…
God is righteous, loving,
while we are broken flesh…

We are to be God’s image,
His Light in Creation…
Others are watching our actions
more than the words we repeat…

Do people see God’s image
when they look upon our journey…
God has anointed us righteous
to shine His Light in this world…

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Edited April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – v3

Based on James 1:17
Based on Genesis 1:27
Based on Romans 11:36
Based on Psalm 16:11
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 5, “God of the Bible: His Desire,
His Dilemma, His Pursuit”.

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, fear, confession, secrets, trust, believe, forgive, change, powerless, admit, likeness, image,

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit #likeness #image

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

Letting my mind wander, meandering,
going where imagination leads me...
So many thoughts and images
thinking about the infinite
the tiny, the unseen,
The power of God in creation
in writing our songs, our stories,
long before we came to be...

Grabbing an ethereal canvas, vapor,
Stenciling in lines in silhouette, in shadows...
Precise, intricate drawings, perfect,
written with gilded silver threads,
capturing a whiff of eternity, of creation...
The truth within their song...
A breath, a whisper, a thought,
chiseled on air, panted into stone...

Illustrations gathered from the ether,
Our lives are no more than a breath -
Our moments so much vapor -
Snapshots captured only for an instant
as if on the surface of molten glass...
Etchings on droplets of water
before they melt into the ocean...
before they merge with eternity...

Wanting to hold these moments...
to freeze time, to treasure, to drink in
These images coaxed from the ether -
A prayer for a future yet unknown -
but feeling the water droplets slipping
like dry sand held in my pursed fingertips...
Knowing they, too, will dissolve into nothingness...
Seconds absorbed into the sands of time...

Painting an intricate portrait, immortal,
A mandala of intersecting motions,
on living parchment, gossamer,
Living scrimshaw on the ether -
Etchings on water droplets -
impermanent yet divine...
An image of the Creator
alive, eternal, right now...

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Edited April 4, 2026
Etchings on droplets of water – v5

March 14, 2026
Etching on droplets of water
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/etching-on-droplets-of-water.html
Edited January 29, 2026
capturing bits of gossamer – v8
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v8.html
Edited September 12, 2025
Like tears in rain – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/like-tears-in-rain-v6.html
June 22, 2025
grabbing ahold of ether
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/grabbing-ahold-of-ether.html
Edited January 28, 2025
I do not hold the words too tightly – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/i-do-not-hold-words-too-tightly-v3.html

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

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

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

Do people see His likeness? – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #confession #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #admit #likeness #image

We are created for a purpose
to reflect God’s glory...
God made us in His image
to be a Light to this world...

Do people see His likeness
in our words, in our actions...
God is righteous, loving,
while we are broken flesh...

We are to be God’s image
His Light in this world...
Others are watching our actions
more than our parroted words...

Do people see God’s image
when they look upon our journey...
God has anointed us righteous
to be a Light to this world...

================
Edited April 4, 2026
Do people see His likeness? – v2

Based on James 1:17
Based on Genesis 1:27
Based on Romans 11:36
Based on Psalm 16:11
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 5, “God of the Bible: His Desire,
His Dilemma, His Pursuit”.

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.

Friday, April 03, 2026

Do people see His #likeness? #image #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #fear #confession #secrets #trust #believe #forgive #forgiveness #change #powerless #admit

We are created for a purpose
to reflect God’s glory...
God made us in His image
to be a light to the world...

Do people see His likeness
in our words, in our actions...
God is righteous, loving,
while we are broken flesh...

We are to be God’s image
His light in this world...
Others are watching our actions
more than our parroted words...

Do people see His image
when they look upon our journey...
God has anointed us righteous
to be a light unto the world...

================
April 3, 2026
Do people see His likeness?

Based on James 1:17
Based on Genesis 1:27
Based on Romans 11:36
Based on Psalm 16:11
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 5, “God of the Bible: His Desire,
His Dilemna, His Pursuit”.
April 2, 2026
In the muck and mire
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/in-muck-and-mire.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 4, “God of the Bible: Just, Loving”.
April 2, 2026
Storing up wrath
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/storing-up-wrath.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 4, “God of the Bible: Just, Loving”.
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 3, “God of the Bible: Allows Suffering”.
April 2, 2026
I bear the mark of my sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/i-bear-mark-of-my-sin.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 2, “God of the Bible: Perfectly Good”.
April 2, 2026
doubting the goodness of God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/doubting-goodness-of-god.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 2, “God of the Bible: Perfectly Good”.
March 27, 2026
You held me in Your hands
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-held-me-in-your-hands.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 2, Day 1, “God of the Bible: All-Powerful, All-Knowing, All-Present Creator”.
March 24, 2026
You chose the nails.
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-chose-nails.html
Based on song, “Nails”, by Mattie Mullins
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 1, large group session
March 24, 2026
we must not be afraid
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/we-must-not-be-afraid-2.html
Based on Psalm 46
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 1, large group session
March 20, 2026
Diligently
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/diligently.html
Based on Proverbs 8:17
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 1, Day 2, “Explore the God of Your Understanding”.
March 19, 2026
I hear Your whisper
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/i-hear-your-whisper.html
re:generation, Step 2, Believe, Week 1, Day 1, “Understand “Belief””.

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.