Wednesday, December 31, 2025

in spite of everything #poetry #fear #courage #life #Ukraine #war #Christmas #Kyiv #culture #joy #resolve #courage #NewYear #OleksandraMatviichuk

Courage in the one door closing,
A turn of the calendar’s pages.
Resolve in the face of terror,
Determination, disregarding betrayal,
Unified at all costs…
A people, a nation together,
In spite of everything, standing,
Knowing what they have faced,
Resilient because they must…
 
In spite of everything standing strong,
Determined to persevere, to achieve,
Hope in the struggle, the maelstrom,
Never backing down…
Life continuing always, together,
Standing, kneeling as one people,
United within their territory, their nation,
Until victory is won for their people…
Until a just peace rises like the sun…
 
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December 31, 2025
in spite of everything
 
December 30, 2025 Instagram post by Oleksandra Matviichuk
https://www.instagram.com/p/DS7HP6aDOC3/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
·         @theukrainians proposed naming a word of the year, as leading dictionaries around the world do. Our word of 2025 is ‘despite everything’. It is about character.
Another year of a genocidal war in Europe, launched by Russia to destroy us, is coming to an end. Any illusions that the civilized world would be outraged by such injustice and decisively stop Putin’s imperial ambitions have faded.
Ukraine has found itself at the epicenter of events that will shape a new international order. And despite everything, people in Ukraine continue to fight for even the slightest chance — for themselves and their children — to have the freedom to live without fear of violence and to have a long-term perspective,” — @avalaina_ua head of the @center_for_civil_liberties.
«@theukrainians запронували назвати слово року як це роблять провідні словники світу. Наше слово 2025 року – це «всупереч». І воно про характер.
Закінчується черговий рік геноцидальної війни в Європі, яку розпочала Росія для нашого знищення. Якщо у когось й були ілюзії, що цивілізований світ обуриться такою несправедливістю та рішуче зупинить імперські амбіції Путіна, то вони поблякли. 
Україні випало бути в епіцентрі подій, які визначать новий міжнародний порядок. І всупереч усьому люди в Україні продовжують боротися за найменший шанс для себе та своїх дітей мати свободу жити без страху насильства та мати довгу перспективу на майбутнє», — @avalaina_ua голова @center_for_civil_liberties.
Edited December 27, 2025
Courage to Step Outside – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/courage-to-step-outside-v3.html
Images and videos of Christmas celebrations and parades
In Kyiv and other cities of Ukraine and
Erica Kabaeva post on Instagram November 4, 2025
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, fear, courage, life, Ukraine, war, Christmas, Kyiv, culture, joy, resolve, courage,  New Year,
 
#poetry #fear #courage #life #Ukraine #war #Christmas #Kyiv #culture #joy #resolve #courage #NewYear

the throne of our self #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

The Throne of our self
our sinful nature, our pride,
an idol, a demon,
anything that takes the place of God…
 
Anything we worship
all that tears us down,
sin that convicts us
taking God from His rightful place…
 
False gods, our treasure,
the altar where we bow down
the things we love
more than Almighty God…
 
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December 31, 2025
the throne of our self
 
written July 8, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 4, “Confess Your Pride and Idolatry”
Based on Matthew 15:18-19
Based on Matthew 22:37-38
Based on Proverbs 4:24
Based on Matthew 4:10
December 31, 2025
this one sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/this-one-sin.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 3, “Confess the Exact Nature of Your Sin”
December 31, 2025
I grieve so deeply
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/i-grieve-so-deeply.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 2, “Confess Your Resentments, Fears, and Hurts”
December 31, 2025
I was angry
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/i-was-angry.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 2
December 30, 2025
I took Your rightful place
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/i-took-your-rightful-place.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 2
December 30, 2025
Lord, make me ready
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/lord-make-me-ready.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 1, “How to Confess Inventory”
December 30, 2025
for each individual sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/for-each-individual-sin.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 1
December 30, 2025
I come to You in prayer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/i-come-to-you-in-prayer.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 1
December 29, 2025
sharing your pain
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/sharing-your-pain.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5, “Confess Sins to Someone You Trust”
December 29, 2025
relief in sharing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/relief-in-sharing.html
December 29, 2025
step out of the shadows
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/step-out-of-shadows.html
December 29, 2025
in isolation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-isolation.html
December 29, 2025
A Sinner Surrenders
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-sinner-surrenders.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, sin, confession, repentance,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

this one sin #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

every curse, every lie,
every time I was unfaithful,
every single one of my sins
has the power to condemn me…
 
this one sin was enough
each sin was fateful
even one sin I committed
sent Christ to my cross…
 
not a lifetime of rebellion
disobedience to Your Law
every single one of my sins
kindled the wrath of God…
 
Christ went to the cross
for the one sin I just committed
Christ would go to the cross
for this one sin alone…
 
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December 31, 2025
this one sin
 
written July 8, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 3, “Confess the Exact Nature of Your Sin”
Based on Romans 8:1-2
Based on Colossians 2:13-14
Based on Titus 3:4-7
December 31, 2025
I grieve so deeply
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/i-grieve-so-deeply.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 2, “Confess Your Resentments, Fears, and Hurts”
December 31, 2025
I was angry
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/i-was-angry.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 2
December 30, 2025
I took Your rightful place
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/i-took-your-rightful-place.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 2
December 30, 2025
Lord, make me ready
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/lord-make-me-ready.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 1, “How to Confess Inventory”
December 30, 2025
for each individual sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/for-each-individual-sin.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 1
December 30, 2025
I come to You in prayer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/i-come-to-you-in-prayer.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 1
December 29, 2025
sharing your pain
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/sharing-your-pain.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5, “Confess Sins to Someone You Trust”
December 29, 2025
relief in sharing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/relief-in-sharing.html
December 29, 2025
step out of the shadows
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/step-out-of-shadows.html
December 29, 2025
in isolation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-isolation.html
December 29, 2025
A Sinner Surrenders
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-sinner-surrenders.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, sin, confession, repentance,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

I grieve so deeply #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

I grieve so deeply
within my heart, my spirit,
for when I have run away
when I have not felt You, oh God…
 
Great has been my suffering,
my pain, my shame before me,
I have heard the mocking crowd,
I have been a man of derision…
 
Draw near to me, Lord,
Let Your Spirit touch me,
May I feel Your touch,
May I know Your healing…
 
For I have been far off,
a prodigal in my wasteland,
I have put myself in Your place,
My fears become my idols…
 
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December 31, 2025
I grieve so deeply
 
Written July 8, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 2, “Confess Your Resentments, Fears, and Hurts”
Based on Lamentation of Jeremiah 3:1-26
Based on Psalm 51
December 31, 2025
I was angry
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/i-was-angry.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 2
December 30, 2025
I took Your rightful place
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/i-took-your-rightful-place.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 2
December 30, 2025
Lord, make me ready
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/lord-make-me-ready.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 1, “How to Confess Inventory”
December 30, 2025
for each individual sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/for-each-individual-sin.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 1
December 30, 2025
I come to You in prayer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/i-come-to-you-in-prayer.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 1
December 29, 2025
sharing your pain
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/sharing-your-pain.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5, “Confess Sins to Someone You Trust”
December 29, 2025
relief in sharing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/relief-in-sharing.html
December 29, 2025
step out of the shadows
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/step-out-of-shadows.html
December 29, 2025
in isolation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-isolation.html
December 29, 2025
A Sinner Surrenders
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-sinner-surrenders.html
December 29, 2025
in the darkness of isolation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-darkness-of-isolation.html
December 29, 2025
humiliation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/humiliation.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, sin, confession, repentance,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

I was #angry #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

I ran from You, angry,
not knowing You were with me
not trusting You to protect me
the pain within my heart…
 
I was unmoored, drifting,
I didn’t know where to turn
not trusting You fully,
running from You, oh Lord…
 
I was angry, drowning,
in my sin, my pain, my shame,
I did not believe You, trust You,
That You love me so much…
 
==============
December 31, 2025
I was angry
 
Written July 8, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 2, “Confess Your Resentments, Fears, and Hurts”
Based on Psalm 6:2-4
Based on Isaiah 53:5
Based on Psalm 46:1-2
Based on Isaiah 41:10
Based on Hebrews 13:5-6
December 30, 2025
I took Your rightful place
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/i-took-your-rightful-place.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 2
December 30, 2025
Lord, make me ready
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/lord-make-me-ready.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 1, “How to Confess Inventory”
December 30, 2025
for each individual sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/for-each-individual-sin.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 1
December 30, 2025
I come to You in prayer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/i-come-to-you-in-prayer.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 1
December 29, 2025
sharing your pain
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/sharing-your-pain.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5, “Confess Sins to Someone You Trust”
December 29, 2025
relief in sharing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/relief-in-sharing.html
December 29, 2025
step out of the shadows
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/step-out-of-shadows.html
December 29, 2025
in isolation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-isolation.html
December 29, 2025
A Sinner Surrenders
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-sinner-surrenders.html
December 29, 2025
in the darkness of isolation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-darkness-of-isolation.html
December 29, 2025
humiliation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/humiliation.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, sin, confession, repentance,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

I took Your rightful place #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

God, I confess my greatest sin,
My sin against You alone
I did not trust You to protect me,
I did not believe You loved me,
that You have given me an eternal home…
 
I took my fears, the pain I carried,
I made them my home, my gods,
idols of my own creation
While I was hiding, I was naked,
I took Your rightful place…
 
God, against You alone I have sinned
My sins are ever before me
they have been my chains,
my shackles, stones I have carried,
I have let my pain, my fears
control my very life…
 
I pray You will hear me,
that You will set me free…
How I long to serve You,
to walk with You,
to be healed by You, oh God…
 
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December 30, 2025
I took Your rightful place
 
Written July 8, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 2, “Confess Your Resentments, Fears, and Hurts”
Based on Genesis 3:10
Based on Psalm 51
Based on Psalm 6:2-4
Based on Isaiah 53:5
Based on Psalm 46:1-2
Based on Isaiah 41:10
Based on Hebrews 13:5-6
December 30, 2025
Lord, make me ready
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/lord-make-me-ready.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 1, “How to Confess Inventory”
December 30, 2025
for each individual sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/for-each-individual-sin.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 1
December 30, 2025
I come to You in prayer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/i-come-to-you-in-prayer.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, Day 1
December 29, 2025
sharing your pain
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/sharing-your-pain.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5, “Confess Sins to Someone You Trust”
December 29, 2025
relief in sharing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/relief-in-sharing.html
December 29, 2025
step out of the shadows
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/step-out-of-shadows.html
December 29, 2025
in isolation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-isolation.html
December 29, 2025
A Sinner Surrenders
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-sinner-surrenders.html
December 29, 2025
in the darkness of isolation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-darkness-of-isolation.html
December 29, 2025
humiliation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/humiliation.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, sin, confession, repentance,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

#Lord, make me ready #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

Lord, I want You to heal me,
from my filth, my wretchedness,
I know that I am broken,
Help me to confess…
 
Lord, make me ready,
to share the truth of my sin,
all the ways I rebel against You,
Make me clean within…
 
Lord, I want to know You,
to put You first in my life,
but I carry such baggage,
pain, oh how I want to be free…
 
Lord, make me ready,
fully transparent, honest,
open to sharing my sin,
so, I may be set free…
 
==============
December 30, 2025
Lord, make me ready
 
Written July 8, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, “How to Confess Inventory”
Based on Isaiah 61:7
Based on John Calvin quote
Based on James 5:16
Based on Psalm 118:6
December 30, 2025
for each individual sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/for-each-individual-sin.html
Written July 8, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2
December 30, 2025
I come to You in prayer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/i-come-to-you-in-prayer.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2
December 29, 2025
sharing your pain
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/sharing-your-pain.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5, “Confess Sins to Someone You Trust”
December 29, 2025
relief in sharing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/relief-in-sharing.html
December 29, 2025
step out of the shadows
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/step-out-of-shadows.html
December 29, 2025
in isolation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-isolation.html
December 29, 2025
A Sinner Surrenders
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-sinner-surrenders.html
December 29, 2025
in the darkness of isolation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-darkness-of-isolation.html
December 29, 2025
humiliation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/humiliation.html
December 29, 2025
Speak your truth to another
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/speak-your-truth-to-another.html
Written July 7, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 4
Edited December 19, 2025
we confess to You, Father – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-confess-to-you-father_19.html
December 18, 2025
We will stand before God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-will-stand-before-god.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, sin, confession, repentance,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

for each individual sin #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

We say we are sinners
that Christ died for us
that Christ put on our sin, our shame,
When He climbed the rugged cross…
 
But we soften the blow, the hurt,
speaking in generalities about sin
a muted sense of the weight
What Christ carried to the cross…
 
Christ was killed for each individual sin
every one of the awful moments
every single decision we make
Was put upon Him on the cross…
 
Not a clean indictment, simple,
but pages and pages of charges
the endless sins of the flesh
The weight Christ carried to the cross…
 
I confess every one of my sins
those I have forgotten too
all the ways my Savior saved me
When He climbed the rugged cross for me…
 
==============
December 30, 2025
for each individual sin
 
Written July 8, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, “How to Confess Inventory”
Based on James 5:16
Based on Psalm 118:6
December 30, 2025
I come to You in prayer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/i-come-to-you-in-prayer.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2
December 29, 2025
sharing your pain
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/sharing-your-pain.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5, “Confess Sins to Someone You Trust”
December 29, 2025
relief in sharing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/relief-in-sharing.html
December 29, 2025
step out of the shadows
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/step-out-of-shadows.html
December 29, 2025
in isolation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-isolation.html
December 29, 2025
A Sinner Surrenders
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-sinner-surrenders.html
December 29, 2025
in the darkness of isolation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-darkness-of-isolation.html
December 29, 2025
humiliation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/humiliation.html
December 29, 2025
Speak your truth to another
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/speak-your-truth-to-another.html
December 29, 2025
peace in confession
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/peace-in-confession.html
Written July 7, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 4
Edited December 19, 2025
we confess to You, Father – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-confess-to-you-father_19.html
December 18, 2025
We will stand before God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-will-stand-before-god.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, sin, confession, repentance,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

I come to You in #prayer #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

I come to You in prayer,
Oh Father God in heaven,
I am broken, I am hurting,
I am stuck in my ruts of pain,
of shame, of sin, in my flesh…
I fear the snares of man
all the ways I have been hurt,
all the hurt I have caused…
 
Come to me, Holy Spirit,
Give me courage for this work,
to bring me healing and wholeness,
a new start in my life…
Help me to be honest, open,
to be transparent in my sin,
My confession whole and completely,
Oh how I want to live…
 
==============
December 30, 2025
I come to You in prayer
 
Written July 8, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 2, “How to Confess Inventory”
Based on James 5:16
Based on Psalm 118:6
December 29, 2025
sharing your pain
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/sharing-your-pain.html
Written July 7, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5, “Confess Sins to Someone You Trust”
Based on Romans 8:33-35
December 29, 2025
relief in sharing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/relief-in-sharing.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
step out of the shadows
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/step-out-of-shadows.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
in isolation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-isolation.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
A Sinner Surrenders
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-sinner-surrenders.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
in the darkness of isolation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-darkness-of-isolation.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
humiliation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/humiliation.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
Speak your truth to another
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/speak-your-truth-to-another.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
Based on James 5:16
Based on Romans 6:2-4
December 29, 2025
peace in confession
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/peace-in-confession.html
Written July 7, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 4
Edited December 19, 2025
we confess to You, Father – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-confess-to-you-father_19.html
December 18, 2025
We will stand before God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-will-stand-before-god.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, sin, confession, repentance,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

Monday, December 29, 2025

sharing your pain #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

opening up your life,
your struggle, your sin,
sharing your pain
for healing to begin…
 
wicking the power
of your struggle, your shame,
revealing yourself
to start over again…
 
confessing the truth,
taking off your mask,
Honest with yourself and others
transparent before God…
 
==============
December 29, 2025
sharing your pain
 
Written July 7, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5, “Confess Sins to Someone You Trust”
Based on Romans 8:33-35
December 29, 2025
relief in sharing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/relief-in-sharing.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
step out of the shadows
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/step-out-of-shadows.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
in isolation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-isolation.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
A Sinner Surrenders
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-sinner-surrenders.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
in the darkness of isolation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-darkness-of-isolation.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
humiliation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/humiliation.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
Speak your truth to another
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/speak-your-truth-to-another.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
Based on James 5:16
Based on Romans 6:2-4
December 29, 2025
peace in confession
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/peace-in-confession.html
Written July 7, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 4
Edited December 29, 2025
kneeling in worship – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/kneeling-in-worship-v2.html
Edited December 19, 2025
we confess to You, Father – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-confess-to-you-father_19.html
December 18, 2025
We will stand before God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-will-stand-before-god.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, sin, confession, repentance,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

relief in sharing #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

we find relief in sharing
taking off the mask, the scar tissue,
exposing ourselves raw, authentic,
wicking our shame of power
dragging our darkness into the light…
 
we hold onto shame
that God has forgiven
brutalizing ourselves
offering only pain
endless what-if statements…
 
only when sin is confessed
can we find wholeness
letting go of our shame
that which God forgave
on the cross on Golgotha…
 
==============
December 29, 2025
relief in sharing
 
Written July 7, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5, “Confess Sins to Someone You Trust”
Based on James 5:16
Based on Romans 6:2-4
Based on Galatians 6:1-2
Based on Hebrews 3:13
Based on Dietrich Bonhoeffer quote, page 62
Based on Dietrich Bonhoeffer quote, page 63
December 29, 2025
step out of the shadows
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/step-out-of-shadows.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
in isolation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-isolation.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
A Sinner Surrenders
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-sinner-surrenders.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
in the darkness of isolation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-darkness-of-isolation.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
humiliation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/humiliation.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
Speak your truth to another
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/speak-your-truth-to-another.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
Based on James 5:16
Based on Romans 6:2-4
December 29, 2025
peace in confession
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/peace-in-confession.html
Written July 7, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 4
Edited December 29, 2025
kneeling in worship – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/kneeling-in-worship-v2.html
Edited December 19, 2025
we confess to You, Father – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-confess-to-you-father_19.html
December 18, 2025
We will stand before God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-will-stand-before-god.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, sin, confession, repentance,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

step out of the shadows #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

step out of the shadows
lay down your armor
offer who you are
in pain, even broken…
 
step out of isolation
your shame, your torment,
lean on others
as you are drawn to God…
 
step into the light
with others of God’s children
be healed by God
within the body…
 
step forward in faith
be honest, courageous
share with others
your pain, your truth…
 
==============
December 29, 2025
step out of the shadows
 
Written July 7, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5, “Confess Sins to Someone You Trust”
Based on James 5:16
Based on Romans 6:2-4
Based on Galatians 6:1-2
Based on Hebrews 3:13
Based on Dietrich Bonhoeffer quote, page 62
Based on Dietrich Bonhoeffer quote, page 63
December 29, 2025
in isolation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-isolation.html
Written July 7, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
A Sinner Surrenders
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-sinner-surrenders.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
in the darkness of isolation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-darkness-of-isolation.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
humiliation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/humiliation.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
Speak your truth to another
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/speak-your-truth-to-another.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
Based on James 5:16
Based on Romans 6:2-4
December 29, 2025
peace in confession
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/peace-in-confession.html
Written July 7, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 4
Edited December 29, 2025
kneeling in worship – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/kneeling-in-worship-v2.html
Edited December 19, 2025
we confess to You, Father – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-confess-to-you-father_19.html
December 18, 2025
We will stand before God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-will-stand-before-god.html
Edited December 15, 2025
what do we hold onto – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/what-do-we-hold-onto-v2.html 
based on re:generation, June 30, 2025, large group
Step 6, Repent, teaching about Repentance and Confession
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, sin, confession, repentance,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

in isolation #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

lone wolf warriors
no matter how much armor
like sheep for the slaughter
so easy to pick off…
 
pieces pulled from the body
alone, exposed,
unprotected victims
away from God’s love…
 
out in the desert
alone in our struggle
easily attacked, defeated,
by the whispers of Satan…
 
only in the body,
in communion with others
able to find healing
to survive the fight…
 
==============
December 29, 2025
in isolation
 
Written July 7, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5, “Confess Sins to Someone You Trust”
Based on James 5:16
Based on Romans 6:2-4
Based on Galatians 6:1-2
Based on Hebrews 3:13
Based on Dietrich Bonhoeffer quote, page 62
Based on Dietrich Bonhoeffer quote, page 63
December 29, 2025
A Sinner Surrenders
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-sinner-surrenders.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
in the darkness of isolation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-darkness-of-isolation.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
humiliation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/humiliation.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
Speak your truth to another
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/speak-your-truth-to-another.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
Based on James 5:16
Based on Romans 6:2-4
December 29, 2025
peace in confession
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/peace-in-confession.html
Written July 7, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 4
Edited December 29, 2025
kneeling in worship – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/kneeling-in-worship-v2.html
Edited December 19, 2025
we confess to You, Father – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-confess-to-you-father_19.html
December 18, 2025
We will stand before God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-will-stand-before-god.html
Edited December 15, 2025
what do we hold onto – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/what-do-we-hold-onto-v2.html 
based on re:generation, June 30, 2025, large group
Step 6, Repent, teaching about Repentance and Confession
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, sin, confession, repentance,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance 

the stone in my pocket – v3 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #muse #writing #poets #calling #purpose #TarasShevchenko #RobertBurns #MikhailBulgakov #NikolaiGogol #whisper #presence #MaryOliver

Did he wake from his slumber,
Did Burns sense the weight, the gravity,
the stone in my pocket that I was touching,
gathered from the shore of the loch…
The sprig of heather I would pick
for a secret, a wish, a prayer,
a shout hushed in the Highland air
near that great peated deep…
 
Did Robert know me,
Did he feel me within his spirit,
That my heart was like his, captured,
by the cry of my siren, my muse…
like he himself and David had been,
chasing that which wasn’t his,
a kindred brother at that moment,
caught in the swirling sands of time…
 
I sensed him at that moment,
Standing in the room where he was born,
Bard of my paternal ancestors,
whispering a breath-prayer to my heart
(words like none I had ever heard) …
He started me on a journey
toward my calling, my purpose,
bringing me back to God…
 
----------
Edited December 29, 2025
the stone in my pocket – v3
 
sensing Robert Burns’ spirit, his words,
in my first poem, and continuing;
I visited the birthplace of Robert Burns in Scotland in 1999.
That was where I started writing my 1st poem...
September 29, 2025
Why did he whisper to me?
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/why-did-he-whisper-to-me.html
Edited September 28, 2025
the whisper of Burns – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-whisper-of-burns-v4.html
Written and posted October 13, 2024
the whisper of Burns
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-whisper-of-burns_25.html
Edited December 11, 2023
I hear you calling to me – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/i-hear-you-calling-to-me-v3.html
earlier poem, sensing Robert Burns…
Edited September 30, 2025
Channeling Taras – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/channeling-taras-v6.html
About Taras Shevchenko speaking to my spirit,
through his life and poetry
Edited September 29, 2025
I hear Taras’ whisper to me… - v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/i-hear-taras-whisper-to-me-v5.html
about Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko…
Robert Burns, Mikhail Bulgakov, and Nikolai Gogol…
Robert Frost and Mary Oliver…
 
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, and 2025. 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, Robert Burns, Scotland, Highlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Loch Ness, Loch Lomond, Watson, heather, Alloway Auld Kirk, whisper, Tam o’ Shanter, Brig o’ Doon, Ayrshire, Urquhart Castle, ancestors, Scottish,
 
#poetry #RobertBurns #Scotland #Highlands #Edinburgh #Glasgow #LochNess #LochLomond #Watson #heather #AllowayAuldKirk #whisper #TamoShanter #BrigoDoon #Ayrshire #UrquhartCastle #ancestors #Scottish
 
-----------------
poetry, Ukraine, God, prayer, muse, writing, poets, calling, purpose, Taras Shevchenko, Robert Burns, Mikhail Bulgakov, Nikolai Gogol, whisper, presence,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #muse #writing #poets #calling #purpose #TarasShevchenko #RobertBurns #MikhailBulgakov #NikolaiGogol #whisper #presence


A Sinner Surrenders #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

the broken begin healing
the shattered are set free
layers of lies, secrets,
brought to their knees…
 
A Sinner surrenders
letting go of His masks
secret sins exposed
for healing to begin…
 
dropping His armor
standing before another naked
transparent, courageous,
the broken begin healing…
 
==============
December 29, 2025
A Simmer Surrenders
 
Written July 7, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5, “Confess Sins to Someone You Trust”
Based on James 5:16
Based on Romans 6:2-4
Based on John 15
Based on Dietrich Bonhoeffer quote, page 62
December 29, 2025
in the darkness of isolation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-darkness-of-isolation.html
December 29, 2025
humiliation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/humiliation.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
Speak your truth to another
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/speak-your-truth-to-another.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
Based on James 5:16
Based on Romans 6:2-4
December 29, 2025
peace in confession
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/peace-in-confession.html
Written July 7, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 4
Edited December 29, 2025
kneeling in worship – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/kneeling-in-worship-v2.html
Edited December 19, 2025
we confess to You, Father – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-confess-to-you-father_19.html
December 18, 2025
We will stand before God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-will-stand-before-god.html
Edited December 15, 2025
what do we hold onto – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/what-do-we-hold-onto-v2.html  
based on re:generation, June 30, 2025, large group
Step 6, Repent, teaching about Repentance and Confession
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, sin, confession, repentance,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

in the #darkness of #isolation #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

we are meant to thrive
communing with others
walking on this path
as part of the living vine…
 
we lose our way
estranged from one another
in the darkness of isolation
in our sin, in the flesh…
 
we must turn outward
sharing with another
open, transparent,
letting down our guard…
 
we can only achieve healing
turning from our old self
being open, forthright,
with another soul…
 
==============
December 29, 2025
in the darkness of isolation
 
Written July 7, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5, “Confess Sins to Someone You Trust”
Based on James 5:16
Based on Romans 6:2-4
Based on John 15
Based on Dietrich Bonhoeffer quote, page 62
December 29, 2025
humiliation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/humiliation.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
December 29, 2025
Speak your truth to another
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/speak-your-truth-to-another.html
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
Based on James 5:16
Based on Romans 6:2-4
December 29, 2025
peace in confession
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/peace-in-confession.html
Written July 7, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 4
Edited December 29, 2025
kneeling in worship – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/kneeling-in-worship-v2.html
Edited December 19, 2025
we confess to You, Father – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-confess-to-you-father_19.html
December 18, 2025
We will stand before God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-will-stand-before-god.html
Edited December 15, 2025
what do we hold onto – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/what-do-we-hold-onto-v2.html  
based on re:generation, June 30, 2025, large group
Step 6, Repent, teaching about Repentance and Confession
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, sin, confession, repentance,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

#humiliation #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

shattered, utterly broken,
raw emotion, power,
wicking the stronghold of evil,
Satan’s tools against us
self-justification, pride,
defying God’s law
shards ripped from us
cutting mortal flesh
only in submitting,
in surrender, honesty,
in transparent freedom,
can we be healed…
 
epiphany, revelation, terror,
naked before one another
raw emotion, power,
a test before us, open,
an opportunity for healing
in turning toward another
confession, all our secrets,
to another beating heart
to be brutally honest
to surrender our power
giving our lives, our wills,
unto Almighty God…
 
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December 29, 2025
humiliation 
Written July 7, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5, “Confess Sins to Someone You Trust”
Based on James 5:16
Based on Romans 6:2-4
Based on Dietrich Bonhoeffer quote, page 62
December 29, 2025
Speak your truth to another
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/speak-your-truth-to-another.html
Written July 7, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5
Based on James 5:16
Based on Romans 6:2-4
December 29, 2025
peace in confession
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/peace-in-confession.html
Written July 7, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 4
Edited December 29, 2025
kneeling in worship – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/kneeling-in-worship-v2.html
Edited December 19, 2025
we confess to You, Father – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-confess-to-you-father_19.html
December 18, 2025
We will stand before God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-will-stand-before-god.html
Edited December 15, 2025
what do we hold onto – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/what-do-we-hold-onto-v2.html  
based on re:generation, June 30, 2025, large group
Step 6, Repent, teaching about Repentance and Confession
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, sin, confession, repentance,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

Speak your truth to another #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

We must bear our soul, our sins,
We must release the stones we carry
Speak your truth to another
Release their power to hold you
to keep you stuck in your ruts
in your familiar torment,
your fears, your endless pain…
 
Speak your truth to another
Ask them to pray for you
only then will you have strength
to let go of your burden
to change your heart, to follow,
the right path that God has written,
the steps written for your soul…
 
==============
December 29, 2025
Speak your truth to another
 
Written July 7, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 5, “Confess Sins to Someone You Trust”
Based on James 5:16
Based on Romans 6:2-4
December 29, 2025
peace in confession
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/peace-in-confession.html
Written July 7, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 4
Edited December 29, 2025
kneeling in worship – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/kneeling-in-worship-v2.html
based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 4
Edited December 19, 2025
we confess to You, Father – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-confess-to-you-father_19.html
based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 4
December 18, 2025
We will stand before God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-will-stand-before-god.html
based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 4
Edited December 15, 2025
what do we hold onto – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/what-do-we-hold-onto-v2.html  
based on re:generation, June 30, 2025, large group
Step 6, Repent, teaching about Repentance and Confession
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, sin, confession, repentance,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

#peace in confession #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

peace in confession
in letting go of terror
freedom in agreeing
with the judgment of God…
 
open to confession
speaking truth freely
unafraid to be honest
to be humble before God…
 
peace in confession
in being transparent
conforming our steps
with the Spirit of God…
 
open to confession
to dropping stones we carry
wanting to walk boldly
with our sovereign Lord…
 
==============
December 29, 2025
peace in confession
 
Written July 7, 2025
Based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 4
Based on Psalm 51:10-17
Based on Job 22:21
Based on John 14:16-18 (Holy Spirit)
Edited December 29, 2025
kneeling in worship – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/kneeling-in-worship-v2.html
based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 4
Edited December 19, 2025
we confess to You, Father – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-confess-to-you-father_19.html
based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 4
December 18, 2025
We will stand before God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-will-stand-before-god.html
based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 4
Edited December 15, 2025
what do we hold onto – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/what-do-we-hold-onto-v2.html  
based on re:generation, June 30, 2025, large group
Step 6, Repent, teaching about Repentance and Confession
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, sin, confession, repentance,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

kneeling in worship – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance

kneeling in worship,
humbly, in confession,
agreeing with God’s judgment,
the debt of our sin…
 
no longer denying,
no longer lying to ourselves,
the wrath of God
kindled by our sin…
 
kneeling in worship,
taking the posture of a servant,
needing our Savior
to pay our debt…
 
accepting our forgiveness
through the blood of Jesus,
redeemed in our spirit,
by the grace of our God…
 
kneeling in worship,
in humble adoration,
knowing God has saved us,
that Christ paid our debt…
 
==============
Edited December 29, 2025
kneeling in worship – v2
 
Written July 7, 2025
based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 4
Based on Psalm 51:10-17
Based on Job 22:21
Edited December 19, 2025
we confess to You, Father – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-confess-to-you-father_19.html
based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 4
December 18, 2025
We will stand before God
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-will-stand-before-god.html
Written July 7, 2025
based on re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 4
December 16, 2025
we were washed
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-were-washed.html
Written July 7, 2025
Based on sermon at Griggs Memorial Baptist church
Edited December 15, 2025
what do we hold onto – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/what-do-we-hold-onto-v2.html
based on re:generation, June 30, 2025, large group
Step 6, Repent, teaching about Repentance and Confession
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, sin, confession, repentance,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #repentance


Sunday, December 28, 2025

echoes of the metronome – v3 #poetry #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #GlorytotheHeroes #culture #identity #unity #love #spirit #legacy #TarasShevchenko #Ukrainian #MomentofHonor #Cheka #IrynaTsybukh

Rumbling, a reverberation, pausing,
A cadence of memory, of time, beating,
Sound speaks power into each moment,
Silence speaks light each day - Remember!…
Their world stops for a hushed minute,
sacred reverence, honor…
 
They stand in silence, together,
with those who will not return…
 
Breathing time, its rhythm,
The spirit of their fallen,
Echoes of the metronome -
Crossing time and space…
Wailing through the silence, incessant,
off black top, cars, bodies, living buildings…
 
Announcing their identity as a people,
Sound bleeding into their hearts…
 
Frozen in silent power,
They stop together, united,
These moments, an anthem,
As a nation, as a people, humbly,
in grief, in honor, palpable reverence,
for their fallen, Glory for their Heroes…
 
Speaking their name in handmade signs,
never to forget their sacrifice…



 
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Edited December 28, 2025
echoes of the metronome – v3
 
during Moment of Honor (Вшануй), at 9:00am daily in Ukraine
https://www.threads.com/@moment_of_honor
https://www.facebook.com/momentofhonor/
https://www.instagram.com/moment_of_honor/
“We are a team that promotes the Minute of Silence,
and the culture of remembrance, inspired by Iryna "Cheka" Tsybukh”
Edited December 23, 2025
no minute of silence – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/no-minute-of-silence-v3.html
based on an Instagram post by Julia Kochetova,
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DRH98GHiKSp/
Edited August 20, 2025
Flying from every flagpole – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/flying-from-every-flagpole-v5.html
June 4, 2025
to remember the dead
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/to-remember-dead.html
“to remember the dead is to appreciate the living”
Quote by defender about Cheka Fest, June 1, 2025 in Lviv,
https://www.instagram.com/cheka.fest/
where 2,000 participants remembered fallen combat medic Iryna "Cheka" Tsybukh,
who died May 29, 2024, days before her 26th birthday on June 1, 2024.
Edited May 22, 2025
You hold each of them so closely – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/you-hold-each-of-them-so-closely-v2.html
a video (https://www.instagram.com/p/DHlbX7MtEjg/) of Ukrainian women defenders making Ukrainian Easter eggs with a picture of their fallen comrade, combat medic Iryna "Cheka" Tsybukh on the table. Iryna’s mother, Oksana, led them in the master class, making the eggs.
Edited April 4, 2025
sisters in arms – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/sisters-in-arms-v3.html
written after reading post by defender of Ukraine about serving as
a woman in the army, for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2025
February 27, 2025
touching bleeding flesh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/touching-bleeding-flesh-defender.html
(written by a decorated medic on the front lines in Ukraine)
Edited February 26, 2025
The present memory of that day – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-present-memory-of-that-day-v2.html
Memory of February 24, 2022, as described by a defender of Ukraine 
Edited January 13, 2025
Sacred Days – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/sacred-days-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, and 2025. 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, defenders, victory, peace, Stand With Ukraine, Glory to the Heroes, culture, identity, unity, love, spirit, legacy, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, Moment of Honor, Iryna Tsybukh
 
#poetry #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #GlorytotheHeroes #culture #identity #unity #love #spirit #legacy #TarasShevchenko #Ukrainian #MomentofHonor #Cheka #IrynaTsybukh