Saturday, May 31, 2014

from small seeds – v2

from small seeds
a harvest
fruit of love
from small seeds
a garden
the harvest of the Lord

from small seeds
on dry ground
life in the soil
God plants them deeply
in our hearts
life our reward
                  

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edited May 31, 2014
from small seeds – v2
March 8, 2014
from small seeds
Isaiah 35:1-6
Philippians 2:13
Upper Room Daily Devotional
“The Seeds of Faith”
by Wilma A. Quinonez-Cubero
for March 1, 2014
read March 3, 2014
Upper Room Daily Devotional
for March and April 2014

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life from the soil – v2

life from the soil
dust of the earth
creation from nothing
the breath of God

filled with His glory
God’s image within us
life from the soil
dust of the earth.


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edited May 31, 2014
life from the soil – v2
May 15, 2014
life from the soil
Genesis 2:7 (NRSV)
“Fashioned from clay”
devotion by Jessica Guillory
for May 15, 2014
read on May 15, 2014
&
Devozine for May 12, 2014 to May 18, 2014
“+creative art
&
Patten Methodist Youth Group
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
May 18, 2014

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The Wall

The Wall

Maybe those who believe
A piece of your soul
Is stolen with each photograph taken
Are right

Reflecting back over the years,
Looking at her tortured face
In that static image,
I wonder. I hope not, for my sake.

Hard to contemplate so many stolen moments
Pieces of others’ lives captured
By my lenses, the films’ emulsion
Now sitting in dust covered albums, yellowed envelopes and crooked frames

She stood hunched over, frozen
Jaw clenched and hands knitted,
Holding or hugging herself
Against her chill that July.
Paralyzed by her private pain
Writ large there in public, on the Mall
Countless others had and have since
Faced their own demons
In that monument’s polished black marble
(I have seen them)

For twenty minutes or a little less
I watched her pilgrimage, her prayer
A stranger motionless that stopped me
That held my attention
And the camera’s gaze before me.
Me a voyeur, an intruder, an unwelcome confidant.

She stood too near the names
To turn away;
But her feet and legs
Couldn’t carry her slight frame forward
To touch the past
The walkway before her still,
I imagine, never to be breached.


original reposted 5/31/2014
edited May 28, 2014
The Wall – v2
posted February 14, 2004
The Wall
June 22, 2001
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edited May 27, 2014
“In the Rain, in that Place – v3
edited May 26, 2014
“In the Rain, in that Place – v2”
Memorial Day
November 11, 2010
“In the Rain, in that Place”
Veteran’s Day 2010
and remembering being
at the Vietnam Memorial
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
during the 10th anniversary
Veteran’s Day 1992
&
edited May 27, 2014
Left at the Wall – v3
Edited May 26, 2014
Left at the Wall – v2
Memorial Day
August 5, 2006 18:05
Left at the Wall
&
All of my Veteran’s Day poems
&
All of my Memorial Day poems






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sow to our own hearts – v2

we are first, to prepare
to be made ready
our own hearts, our lives
the soil, the garden
which we first must care for

sow to your own hearts
plant the seeds of love
ready for the love of God
to reap a harvest worthy
righteous before God

prepare the soil, the way
weed out the dust, the world
cleanse your own heart
your body, your lives
which we first must care for

sow to your own hearts
plant the seeds of love
ready for the love of God
to reap a harvest worthy
righteous before God


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edited February 13, 2016
to discern God’s answer – v4
(editing version 3)
(with links to the other 110 poems inspired by the sermons below)
edited October 28, 2015
to discern God’s answer – v3
(editing original)
edited June 22, 2014
to discern God’s answer – v2
May 31, 2014
to discern God’s answer
&
edited October 28, 2015
How much is my path – v2
edited October 2, 2015
Words of My Prayer – v2
edited October 1, 2015
shades of gray – v2
edited October 1, 2015
Christ is the answer – v4
(editing version 2)
edited October 1, 2015
Christ is the answer – v3
(editing original, adding final stanza)
edited October 1, 2015
Go to God in Prayer – v3
(editing original)
edited September 30, 2015
Go to God in Prayer – v2
edited September 30, 2015
Go to God in Prayer – v2
edited September 30, 2015
Forgiveness – v2
edited September 13, 2015
sow to our own hearts – v4
(editing original again)
edited May 9, 2015
a request to God – v3
(editing version 2)
edited April 25, 2015
God is Patient – v3
(editing version 2)
edited November 27, 2014
real, authentic – v3
(editing original version again)
July 11, 2014
Stop, look, listen
edited July 8, 2014
How much is for our Good – v3
edited July 8, 2014
pray for others – v4
(editing version 2)
edited July 8, 2014
prayers for ourselves – v2
edited July 8, 2014
a request to God – v2
edited July 8, 2014
God is Patient – v2
edited June 30, 2014
God is Patient
edited June 3, 2014
How much is for our Good – v2
edited June 25, 2014
real, authentic – v2
edited June 25, 2014
Christ is the answer – v2
edited June 24, 2014
Christ is the answer
June 24, 2014
Christ was the answer
edited June 24, 2014
what eats at you – v2
edited June 24, 2014
pray for others – v3
(editing original again)
June 24, 2014
He is Light, He is Love
June 24, 2014
Constant Unceasing Prayer
June 24, 2014
only in waiting
June 24, 2014
talk to God
June 24, 2014
a prayer at the stop light
June 24, 2014
wait a while
June 24, 2014
prayer is not failure
June 24, 2014
a promise fulfilled
June 24, 2014
prayers for ourselves
June 24, 2014
share your dreams, your concerns, your fears
June 24, 2014
how is God speaking
June 24, 2014
was the thought from God
June 24, 2014
for the shades of gray
June 24, 2014
shades of gray
June 24, 2014
Words of My Prayer
June 24, 2014
we need to listen - 2
June 24, 2014
what does God want
June 24, 2014
our call in whispers
June 23, 2014
but to forgive them – v2
June 23, 2014
but to forgive them
June 23, 2014
Christ spoke prayer
June 23, 2014
Go to God in Prayer
June 23, 2014
regular prayer
June 23, 2014
heart to heart – 2
edited June 23, 2014
pray for others – v2
June 23, 2014
wherever you are
June 23, 2014
what eats at you
June 23, 2014
be angry with God
June 23, 2014
an honest conversation
June 23, 2014
pray for others
June 23, 2014
a request to God
June 23, 2014
real, authentic
edited June 23, 2014
calling to God – v2
June 23, 2014
calling to God
edited June 23, 2014
A Model Prayer – v2
edited/ merged June 23, 2014
A Model Prayer
(combining the following poems
to show the structure of the Lord’s Prayer)
June 23, 2014
-          identity
-          praise
-          petition
-          supplication
-          confession
-          forgiveness
-          intercession
June 23, 2014
seeking God - 3
June 23, 2014
God won’t leave us in darkness
edited June 22, 2014
seven minutes of silence – v2
edited June 22, 2014
sow to our own hearts – v3
edited June 22, 2014
come to God as children – v2
June 22, 2014
come to God as children
edited June 22, 2014
Prayer suffers long
June 22, 2014
Prayer suffereth long
June 22, 2014
Prayer is Patient
June 22, 2014
Let’s talk about prayer
June 22, 2014
come to God unrighteous
June 22, 2014
falling on our knees
June 22, 2014
may we be patient
June 22, 2014
How can we hear God’s answer
June 22, 2014
a prayer isn’t a demand
June 22, 2014
we need to listen
June 22, 2014
empty the garbage
&
Matthew 6:5-14
“Jesus Teaches About Prayer” (NCV)
(including Lord’s Prayer)
Ephesians 6:11-18
Sermon 1 of “All My Days: A Summer of Prayer”
Summer Sermon Series on Prayer
children’s message by Ray Foss
-          God fills in the words we pray
based on Upper Room reading for June 9, 2014, read June 18, 2014
Romans 8:26 (NRSV)
Romans 8:22-27
Upper Room Daily Devotional
“Guided by the Spirit”
by Milly Ibanda
for June 9, 2014
read June 18, 2014
Upper Room Daily Devotional
for March and April 2014
-          spontaneous prayer, wait for God’s answer
(based on Shanequa’s prayer for a puppy July 21, 2006)
opening and welcome by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
and sermon, “Stop, Look and Listen”
by Sally Drew
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
June 22, 2014
&
May 31, 2014
He will come
May 31, 2014
Call upon God
May 31, 2014
not the words
May 31, 2014
pray the silence
May 31, 2014
seven minutes of silence
May 31, 2014
Being right with God
May 31, 2014
How to pray – 2
May 31, 2014
Choose Daily
May 31, 2014
How much is for our Good
May 31, 2014
How must is God’s path
May 31, 2014
How much is my path
May 31, 2014
a different path – 2
May 31, 2014
a different choice
May 31, 2014
prepare the soil – 2
edited May 31, 2014
to embrace the seed – v2
&
November 26, 2012
to embrace the seed
page 178, Chapter 12,
“In the Belly of the Beast”
The Shack, by William P. Young
&
echat with Isaac Tiibasima
November 25, 2012
&
edited May 31, 2014
God could make a garden – v3
edited May 31, 2014
God could make a garden – v2
March 8, 2014
God could make a garden
Isaiah 35:1-6
Philippians 2:13
Upper Room Daily Devotional
“The Seeds of Faith”
by Wilma A. Quinonez-Cubero
for March 1, 2014
read March 3, 2014
Upper Room Daily Devotional
for March and April 2014
May 31, 2014
&
edited May 31, 2014
sow to our own hearts – v2
May 30, 2014
sow to our own hearts
Hosea 10:12
“Sow righteousness for yourselves,
reap the fruit of unfailing love,
and break up your unplowed ground;
for it is time to seek the LORD,
until he comes and showers his righteousness on you.”
Hosea 6:3
“Let us acknowledge the LORD;
let us press on to acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun rises, he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,
like the spring rains that water the earth."
prayer
Maya Angelou’s passing
and sermonette, thoughts about
how to make us right with God (righteous)
and how to pray
by Sally Drew
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Fourth Friday of the month service at Mt. Heights Health Care Facility
Patten, ME
May 30, 2014

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 41,050+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.