we know we are unworthy
that we are broken, damaged,
that we have sinned against
our God;
we are like the prodigal
returning
unworthy of the Father’s
love.
But God is like the father
watching the horizon
running out to greet us
as we are, broken, hurting,
unworthy of God’s love.
God’s love is so much
greater
God’s mercies are unending;
God’s pulls us into His
embrace
welcoming us home to Him
into God’s arms of love.
God is like the father
preparing a banquet for us
forgetting our sins, our
rebellion
God wants us to return
to come back home.
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edited July 22, 2019
like the prodigal returning – v3
adding 4th stanza
edited January 21, 2019
like the prodigal returning – v2
edited January 21, 2019
the waters of the Jordan – v2
edited January 21, 2019
I was formed in the depths – v2
edited January 21, 2019
we are loved completely – v2
edited January 21, 2019
we are known by God – v2
edited January 21, 2019
we are shattered, we are broken – v2
adding third stanza from “a bag of broken pieces”
edited January 21, 2019
a bag of broken pieces – v2
adding the third stanza
edited/ new name January 21, 2019
a bag of broken pieces
editing “we are shattered, we are broken”
edited January 21, 2019
we long to be known – v2
January 21, 2019
we want to belong somewhere
January 21, 2019
we are shattered, we are broken
edited January 21, 2019
pray for the saints and the sinners
edited January 21, 2019
praying for the saints and the sinners – v2
January 21, 2019
praying for the saints and the sinners
edited January 21, 2019
pray for the older brothers – v2
adding second stanza
January 21, 2019
pray for the older brothers
January 21, 2019
like the prodigal returning
edited/ new name January 21, 2019
God’s love is so much greater
January 21, 2019
God’s love so much greater
January 21, 2019
a glimpse enough
Luke 15:11-32
The Parable of the Prodigal Son
January 20, 2019
we are accepted
January 20, 2019
we want to be known
January 20, 2019
you know where I sit down
January 20, 2019
before I was born - 2
January 20, 2019
I was formed in the depths
January 20, 2019
you are there is Sheol
January 20, 2019
I cannot escape you
January 20, 2019
you are there - 2
January 20, 2019
I was made in secret
January 20, 2019
you have searched me and known me
January 20, 2019
before a word is on my tongue
January 20, 2019
you know my thoughts – 2
January 20, 2019
we are loved completely
edited / new name January 20, 2019
we are known by God
January 20, 2019
we long to be known
edited January 20, 2019
All-Knowing – v3
edited January 20, 2019
All-Knowing – v2
January 20, 2019
All-Knowing
January 20, 2019
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
We are Beloved
We are Known On Sight:
Called to Be…
Psalm 36:5-10
Psalm 139:1-16
Jeremiah 29:11
John 1:46
Luke 15:11-32
The Parable of the Prodigal Son
and sermon, “A Sighting”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten,
ME
January 20,
2019
&
edited January 20, 2019
we cannot stop you – v2
stanzas 1 and 2 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1086957331005489154
stanzas 3 and 4 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1086957109697232898
January 19, 2019
the watermark of God
edited/ new name January 19, 2019
We are God’s Beloved - 3
edited/ new name January 19, 2019
You are God’s Beloved - 2
edited/ new name January 19, 2019
You are Beloved
(making the poem more universal)
edited/ new name January 19, 2019
You are the Beloved
January 19, 2019
You are My Son, Beloved
January 19, 2019
proof of Christ’s identity
edited/ merged January 19, 2019
the stain of the world – v2
January 19, 2019
our mark is revealed
January 19, 2019
the stain of the world
January 19, 2019
a voice from heaven - 2
edited/ new name January 19, 2019
our water mark
edited January 19,2019
God’s breath prayer – v2
edited/new name January 19, 2019
God’s breath prayer
edited January 19, 2019
God breathed a prayer – v2
January 19, 2019
God breathed a prayer
January 18, 2019
breathing a word upon us
January 18, 2019
speaking a mark upon us
edited January 18, 2019
Life through these Waters
January 18, 2019
Life through the Waters
January 18, 2019
you birthed new life
January 18, 2019
we cannot stop you
January 18, 2019
Your Spirit blows
January 18, 2019
we dry ourselves out
January 18, 2019
we forget its power
January 18, 2019
we get in the way
January 18, 2019
the waters of the Jordan
January 17, 2019
we too are marked
edited/merged January 17, 2019
(merging 4 poems from 1 paragraph of
Pastor Ruth’s
sermon 1/13/19)
“Let these waters be to us drops of your mercy,
Let these waters remind us of your righteousness
and justice. Let these waters renew in us the
resurrection power of Jesus. Let these waters make us
long for your coming reign.”
edited/merged January 17, 2019
(merging 4 poems from 1 paragraph/sentence
of Pastor Ruth’s sermon)
“We are dry and thirsty, O God, Come, refresh us!
Come upon us, Holy Spirit! Come upon these waters.”
January 17, 2019
we are dry, thirsty
January 17, 2019
Come, refresh us - 2
January 17, 2019
Come upon us
January 17, 2019
impart your love to us
January 17, 2019
Come upon these waters
January 17, 2019
Let these waters be for us
January 17, 2019
Let these waters make us
edited January 17, 2019
Let these waters remind us – 2 – v2
edited January 17, 2019
Let these water renew us – v2
January 17, 2019
an invisible mark
January 16, 2019
Let these waters remind us - 2
January 16, 2019
Let these waters renew us
edited January 16, 2019
a mark embedded – v2
edited January 16, 2019
a mark hidden – v2
edited January 16, 2019
we are marked by God’s love – v2
edited January 16, 2019
we are sealed with that mark –
v3
(shortened to fit on Twitter)
edited January 16, 2019
we are sealed with that mark – v2
edited January 16, 2019
the baptism of Jesus – v3
(shortened to fit on Twitter)
edited January 16, 2019
the baptism of Jesus – v2
edited January 15, 2019
Baptism – v2
edited January
15, 2019
Baptismal
Waters – v2
edited January
15, 2019
Holy Water –
v2
(edited after
contact by a composer who wanted to
use the poem
for a choir composition
January 11,
2006 23:25
Holy Water
Mark 1:9-13,
15
&
January 11,
2006 23:45, revised 1/12/06 6:16
Baptismal
Waters
Matthew
27:24-26
&
January 11,
2006 23:30
Baptism
(about Dad’t
baptism, November 1990)
&
edited January 15, 2019
the name of Jesus – v2
new name / edited January 15, 2019
the name of Jesus
January 15, 2019
a mark embedded
January 15, 2019
the baptism of Jesus
January 15, 2019
a mark hidden
edited January 14, 2019
Christ knows your pain – v2
edited January 14, 2019
drenched in the water – v2
edited January 14, 2019
at the Jordan River – v2
January 14, 2019
we are marked by God’s love
January 14, 2019
we are sealed with that mark
edited January 14, 2019
A Water Mark – v3
edited January 14, 2019
A Water Mark – v2
edited January 14, 2019
life changed forever – v2
edited January 14, 2019
the sky split open – 2 – v2
edited January 14, 2019
here in the river – v2
edited January 14, 2019
out flesh changed – v2
January 13, 2019
our flesh changed
January 13, 2019
here in the river
January 13, 2019
the sky split open - 2
January 13, 2019
at the Jordan River
January 13, 2019
life changed forever
January 13, 2019
standing in the Jordan River
first 2 stanzas – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1084536799727362055
second 2 stanzas – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1084537346073288705
January 13, 2019
marked by my love - 3
January 13, 2019
A Water Mark
January 13, 2019
drenched in the water
January 13, 2019
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Baptism of the Lord Sunday
We are Known by the Water:
Called To Life Anew
Psalm 29
Mark 1:4-11 (The Message)
and sermon, “A Water Mark”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten,
ME
January 13,
2019
&
January 13, 2019
Christ made us righteous
January 13, 2019
Christ knows your pain
January 13, 2019
through that Spirit
January 13, 2019
by that grace we receive
January 13,
2019
8AM Live
&
January 8, 2019
we must shine Christ’s light
January 8, 2019
Arise, Shine
Isaiah 60:1
January 8, 2019
We are the light bearers
January 8, 2019
we are called by the light
January 8, 2019
we are called to joy
January 8, 2019
we are known by the light
edited/merged January 7, 2019
I am called Beloved – v2
edited/merged January 7, 2019
I am known by Jesus – v2
stanzas one and two – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1082248789790986240
third and fourth stanzas – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1082249062668267520
January 7, 2019
when they found the Christ
January 7, 2019
they followed a star
January 7, 2019
they were filled with joy
January 6, 2019
I am called Beloved
January 6, 2019
I am known by Jesus
January 6, 2019
may God be heard
January 6, 2019
God’s eternal purpose
January 6, 2019
Wise Men, Magi
January 6, 2019
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Epiphany of the Lord Sunday
Epiphany Sunday
Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14
Matthew 2:1-12 (NLT)
Matthew 2:6
-
Micah 5:2
-
2 Samuel 5:2
Isaiah 60:1 (NIV)
Ephesians 3:10-11
and sermon, “Oh,,, Now I Get It”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten,
ME
January 6,
2019
&
January 10, 2019
not as the world loves
January 10, 2018
Pastor Ruth’s 8AM Live
8AM Live
&
edited January 5, 2019
Are we standing on grace – v3
edited January 5, 2019
Are we counting on our works – v2
merged January 4, 2019
Are we standing on grace – v2
first 2 stanzas - https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1081161948484513793
second 2 stanzas - https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1081162212809547776
January 4, 2019
Are we standing on grace
January 4, 2019
Are we counting on our works
edited January 4, 2019
Do I know Him – v2
January 4, 2019
Do I know Him – v1
edited January 4, 2019
Does Christ know me – v2
January 3, 2019
Does Christ know me
January 3, 2019
looking forward - 2
January 3, 2019
Pastor Ruth’s 8AM Live
victors, conquerors, in and through
our risen Lord, Jesus Christ
&
January 3, 2019
my repost on Facebook
January 3, 2019
my repost on Twitter
January 3, 2019
"If we live as Jesus taught us, and in harmony
with what we proclaim, our witness will bear fruit."
Pope Francis 1/3/19 7:30am
Pope Francis 1/3/19 7:30am
&
January 2, 2019
Pastor Ruth’s 8AM Live
all about grace, the unmerited gift of God
&
edited January 3, 2019
Get behind me, Satan - 2
edited January 3, 2019
Away from me, Evil
January 3, 2019
Away from me, you sinners
January 3, 2019
I never knew you
Matthew 7:21-23
January 3, 2019
those who listen
John 5:24
merged January 2, 2019
Christ became mortal – v2
January 2, 2019
Christ took on the mantle
January 2, 2019
Christ became mortal
January 2, 2019
Am I sharing
January 1, 2019
are you living the gospel
January 1, 2019
we are called to go
edited January 1, 2019
may I be about my Father’s work – v2
edited January 1, 2019
maybe not as young as Jesus – v2
edited January 1, 2019
I must focus – v2
January 1, 2019
I must focus
January 1, 2019
may I be about my Father’s work
edited January 1, 2019
it is what we do – v2
January 1, 2019
it is what we do
post 12/31/19 on Children of the Light Facebook page
post 12/31/18 on Children of the Light Facebook page
&
January 1, 2019
maybe not as young as Jesus
January 1, 2019
working for God
January 1, 2019
may we filter every thought
edited January 1, 2019
enter in Spirit – v4
(shortened to fit with labels on Twitter)
edited January 1, 2019
enter in Spirit – v3
edited January 1, 2019
enter in Spirit – v2
January 1, 2019
Pastor Ruth’s 8AM Live
&
New Year’s Day
&
December 31, 2018
right before me
December 31, 2018
staring at the calendar
New Year’s Eve Day
&
December 30, 2018
Have I used the power
December 30, 2018
no matter the cost
December 30, 2018
Have I followed the Shepherd
December 30, 2018
Have I done my best
December 30, 2018
reflecting on the year - 2
December 30, 2018
enter in Spirit
December 30, 2018
we come here
December 30, 2018
we will be glad in this day
December 30, 2018
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
New Year’s Sunday
The Real “Advent”ure Begins
Greeting, Announcements, singing Happy 90th
Birthday to Jean Tarr, Opening Prayer
(The opening prayer was inspiration for first 3 poems)
Psalm 148
Luke 2:41-49
(The Voice)
John 3:16; 5:24 (NLT)
Ephesians 2:8-9 (NLT)
Colossians 2:13-14 (NLT)
Romans 8:1,3-4 (NLT)
Matthew 7:21-23
(NIV)
and sermon, “The Real Adventure Begins – The Rubber Hits
the Road”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Children’s
Message
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten,
ME
December 30,
2018
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