nurturing and sustaining

protecting and shielding

a mighty fortress is our God

but God is not just strength

the power to protect, to save us

God is nurturing and sustaining

loving us through the struggle

through the days of our lives

God is mother, father,

God is our comfort and strength

the beginning and the end

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May 10, 2017

nurturing and sustaining

Hosea 11:1-4

Isaiah 66:13

Psalm 91:4

Psalm 91

Though of the Day:

“God is both mother and father for us”

The Upper Room

“God, The Mother”

Alina Kanaski

devotion for May 10, 2017

read May 10, 2017

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Worthless Idols

When we turn away
when we wander in ourselves
when we turn from God
like the people of old

Worthless idols
of wood, of clay
of metal that rusts
all will fade away

Such a choice
to turn from eternal glory
to trust in the work of human hands
instead of almighty God


August 30, 2010
Jeremiah 2:11
Jeremiah 2:13
Isaiah 66
Jeremiah 1:1-2:25
http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/reading.cgi?plan=straight&ver=NAS
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for August 22, 2010, read August 30, 2010


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The Judgment We Reap

The judgment we reap
now as back then
forsaking the Lord
no awe in him

False idols of this age
to these do we cleave
rejecting the fear of the Lord
trusting in man instead

No love for our neighbor
competition, climbing
up onto the backs of our brother
seeking the brass ring

Climb his mountain
into the holy courts
humbly before the cross
praising almighty God


August 30, 2010
Isaiah 66
Jeremiah 1:1-2:25
http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/reading.cgi?plan=straight&ver=NAS
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for August 22, 2010, read August 30, 2010


All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 19,200+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Broken Cisterns

Trusting in ourselves
turning from the Lord
following false gods
evil on the earth

Broken cisterns
holding putrid bile
rejecting living waters
the well of eternal life

Turn from the world
return to almighty God
all who call his name
ye may enter in

August 30, 2010
Jeremiah 2:13
Isaiah 66
Jeremiah 1:1-2:25
http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/reading.cgi?plan=straight&ver=NAS
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for August 22, 2010, read August 30, 2010


All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 19,930+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.