#Invisible #People – v2 #poetry #customers #invisiblepeople #retail #slavery #chains #respect #humanity #culture #America #God #fearofman #approval #idols #falseidols #pain #value #worth

you may not realize
your blatant condemnation
you disregard for our humanity
tired, angry, at your condescension...
One of the invisible people
you can look down on,
cell phones at the ready
barking your commands,
blindly denying our humanity…
 
humbled before you,
your quick-snapped instructions,
looking down on us as servants
rejecting our equality...
seeing us as others as strangers,
not as good as you are
tapping on your cell phones
barking your orders
not noticing those before you…
 
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Edited June 8, 2026
Invisible People – v2
 
June 8, 2026
you steal a piece of my soul
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/you-steal-piece-of-my-soul.html
Repost June 8, 2026
Invisible People
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/invisible-people.html
May 1, 2025
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/invisible-people.html
 
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Poetry Where You Live.

poetry, customers, time, retail, slavery, chains, invisible people, respect, humanity, culture, America, cell phones, God, fear of man, approval, idols, false idols, pain, value, worth,
 
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you steal a piece of my #soul #poetry #customers #invisiblepeople #retail #slavery #chains #respect #humanity #culture #America #God #fearofman #approval #idols #falseidols #pain #value #worth

you steal a piece of my soul
every time you ignore me
tapping on your phones
when you expect me to serve you
to know what you want
precisely, completely,
when you are not looking
when you don’t hear my questions
when you treat me
as one of the invisible people...
 
I hate what you do
matters to me, at all,
that I seek any approval
in the eyes of man...
but your indifference cuts me
I feel your contempt for us
the invisible people, servants,
that you see as beneath you...
We must find our worth within,
and in the eyes of God...
 
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June 8, 2026
you steal a piece of my soul
 
Repost June 8, 2026
Invisible People
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/invisible-people.html
May 1, 2025
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/invisible-people.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

poetry, customers, time, retail, slavery, chains, invisible people, respect, humanity, culture, America, cell phones, God, fear of man, approval, idols, false idols, pain,
 
#poetry #customers #invisiblepeople #retail #slavery #chains #respect #humanity #culture #America #God #fearofman #approval #idols #falseidols #pain
 

#Invisible #People #poetry #customers #invisiblepeople #retail #slavery #chains #respect #humanity #culture #America #God #fearofman #approval #idols #falseidols #pain #value #worth

they may not realize
their blatant condemnation
their disregard for our humanity
tired, angry, at their condescension
One of the invisible people
they can look down on,
cell phones at the ready
barking their commands,
blindly denying our humanity…
 
humbled before them,
their quick-snapped instructions,
looking down on us as servants
rejecting our equality,
seeing us as others as strangers,
not as good as they are
tapping on their cell phones
barking their orders
not noticing those before them…
 
-------------
Repost June 8, 2026
Invisible People
 
May 1, 2025
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/invisible-people.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

poetry, customers, time, retail, slavery, chains, invisible people, respect, humanity, culture, America, cell phones, God, fear of man, approval, idols, false idols, 
 
#poetry #customers #invisiblepeople #retail #slavery #chains #respect #humanity #culture #America #God #fearofman #approval #idols #falseidols

live for the Father – v2

do not fear the reproach of man
to please them in their sight
do not make them false idols,
stand fast in your faith
do what is right…
 
live for the Father,
for our Creator God in heaven,
His still small voice,
stand fast in your faith
stay on the path…
 
stay within the sheepfold
within the arms of Jesus
listen to the Spirit
guide your every step
stand fast in your faith…
 
stand fast in your faith
cleave to your Father,
go where He leads you,
walk rightly on the path
God has written for you…
 
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Edited July 20, 2025
live for the Father – v2
 
Based on #Isaiah51:7
Based on #Psalm34:4–6
Based on Psalm 34:1-22
Based on #Proverbs29:25
Based on #Proverbs15:31-32
Based on #John10:1-18
Men’s group meeting, July 19, 2025
re:generation, Step 6, Repent, Week 2, Large Group, July 14, 2025
further discussions in Small Group
July 19, 2025
a snare, a trap
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-snare-trap.html
Men’s group meeting, July 19, 2025
re:generation, Step 6, Repent, Week 2, Large Group, July 14, 2025
further discussions in Small Group
July 18, 2025
In the eyes of God – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/in-eyes-of-god-2.html
Based on #Proverbs29:25
re:generation, Step 6, Repent, Week 2, Large Group, July 14, 2025
further discussions in Small Group
 
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 all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, poem, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, Proverbs 29, Proverbs15, John 10, Psalm 34, Isaiah 51, sin, confession, prayer, repentance, Fear of Man,
 
#poetry #poem #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #prayer #repentance #FearofMan

live for the Father

do not fear the reproach of man
to be pleasing in their sight
stand fast in your faith
doing what is right…
 
live for the Father,
for our Creator God in heaven,
stand fast in your faith
staying on the path…
 
stay within the sheepfold
within the arms of Jesus
listen to the Spirit
guiding your every step…
 
stand fast in your faith
cleaving to your Father,
walk rightly on the path
God has written for you…
 
==============
July 19, 2025
live for the Father
 
Based on #Isaiah51:7
Based on #Psalm34:4–6
Based on Psalm 34:1-22
Based on #Proverbs29:25
Based on #Proverbs15:31-32
Based on #John10:1-18
Men’s group meeting, July 19, 2025
re:generation, Step 6, Repent, Week 2, Large Group, July 14, 2025
further discussions in Small Group
July 19, 2025
a snare, a trap
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-snare-trap.html
Based on #Isaiah51:7
Based on #Psalm34:4–6
Based on #Proverbs29:25
Based on #Proverbs15:31-32
Based on #John10:1-18
Men’s group meeting, July 19, 2025
re:generation, Step 6, Repent, Week 2, Large Group, July 14, 2025
further discussions in Small Group
July 18, 2025
In the eyes of God – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/in-eyes-of-god-2.html
Based on #Proverbs29:25
re:generation, Step 6, Repent, Week 2, Large Group, July 14, 2025
further discussions in Small Group
 
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 all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, poem, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, Proverbs 29, Proverbs15, John 10, Psalm 34, Isaiah 51, sin, confession, prayer, repentance, Fear of Man,
 
#poetry #poem #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #prayer #repentance #FearofMan

a snare, a trap

fear of man, or approval,
recognition, an idol,
a way of separating
from our rightful worship
of You, Almighty God…
 
a feedback loop, reinforcing,
a field of landmines before us
watching where we step
losing our focus, our desire,
to walk with You, oh Lord…
 
forgetting Your scripture,
your promise of protection,
safe within the sheepfold,
behind the gate of Christ,
our risen Lord and Savior…
 
fear of man controls us
when we lose sight of You, Father,
seeking our identity in the world
not within Your assurance,
life forever more…
 
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July 19, 2025
a snare, a trap
 
Based on #Proverbs29:25
Based on #Proverbs15:31-32
Based on #John10:1-18
Men’s group meeting, July 19, 2025
re:generation, Step 6, Repent, Week 2, Large Group, July 14, 2025
further discussions in Small Group
July 18, 2025
In the eyes of God – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/in-eyes-of-god-2.html
Based on #Proverbs29:25
re:generation, Step 6, Repent, Week 2, Large Group, July 14, 2025
further discussions in Small Group
 
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 all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, Proverbs 29, Proverbs15, John 10, sin, confession, prayer, repentance, Fear of Man,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #prayer #repentance #FearofMan

In the eyes of God – 2

Fear of Man is an idol,
a way to separate us,
believing in the flesh
in the ways of the serpent
turning away from God…
 
Our focus, our attention,
should be on how God sees us
beautiful in the eyes of God
in the likeness of Jesus,
our risen Lord and Savior…
 
We do not have to fear
how others see us
our identity, who we are
is in how God sees us,
as beloved children…
 
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July 18, 2025
In the eyes of God – 2
 
Based on #Proverbs29:25
re:generation, Step 6, Repent, Week 2, Large Group, July 14, 2025
July 15, 2025
a casual suggestion
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-casual-suggestion.html
Meeting John Cruice,
Pastor of Life Group Ministries,
one of the pastors at North Hills Church
at the Greenville Drive baseball game,
May 31, 2024,
which lead me to the Conquer Series group and
to the Re:generation 12-step program.
&
Edited July 7, 2025
come broken – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/come-broken-v3.html
Based on #Psalm51
And quote from John Bunyan, “The Excellency of a Broken Heart”
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
July 4, 2025
make me a witness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/make-me-witness.html
Based on #Psalm51:13-17
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
 
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 all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, Proverbs 25, sin, confession, prayer, repentance, Fear of Man,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #prayer #repentance #FearofMan