Showing posts with label Luke 5. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Luke 5. Show all posts

Monday, July 21, 2025

in despair, taking

an exploring, a revelation on my journey,
longing for what was taken from me,
sabotaging my life in secret, in silence,
layer after layer of scar tissue,
not seeing a way out of my pain
the hurt deep down within me…
 
in despair, acting out, angry,
taking control, autonomy, agency,
all that had been taken, stolen,
the hole created within me an idol,
wanting to reclaim myself,
to be able to walk in freedom…
 
not trusting God to protect me
in my secret pain, my struggle,
a false sense of my identity,
of the flesh, of the world,
the carnal nature of man
not the love of Almighty God…
 
only in tearing away the scar tissue
the defense mechanisms, the terror,
Finding healing on the journey
longing for a turning, a changing,
confession leading to repentance,
turning my life, my will to God…
 
==============
July 21, 2025
in despair, taking
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/in-despair-taking.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Appendix C, “Abuse Supplement”, page 134.
July 21, 2025
Written July 7, 2025
only God can forgive us
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/only-god-can-forgive-us.html
Based on #Luke5:21
Based on #Psalm51:1-6
re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 4, “Confess Sins to God”
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, Luke 5, Psalm 51, sin, confession, prayer, repentance, sexual sin, adultery,
 
#poetry #poem #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #prayer #repentance

only God can forgive us

Only Christ’s sacrifice worthy
to pay the awful price
the pain of our sin
that took Him to the cross…
 
God’s law is righteous
His standard is perfection
only Christ could repay
the debt of our sin…
 
Only God can forgive us
our Father in heaven
accepting Christ’s sacrifice
His perfect payment…
 
Only God’s grace
Christ’s mercy in surrender
submitting to God’s wrath
the debt of our sin…
 
==============
July 21, 2025
Written July 7, 2025
only God can forgive us
 
Based on #Luke5:21
Based on #Psalm51:1-6
re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 4, “Confess Sins to God”
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, Luke 5, Psalm 51, sin, confession, prayer, repentance, sexual sin, adultery,
 
#poetry #poem #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #prayer #repentance


Wednesday, September 11, 2024

New wineskins, pliable clay – v2

We are broken vessels,
shards of clay held together,
holding living waters, flames
of the Spirit, everlasting light,
scattered on the earth, picked up,
gathered into the hands of God...
 
Our broken pieces are released,
lovingly placed by our Potter, 
gently put back onto His wheel,
our clay becoming wineskins,
new flesh, new creations,
holding the living waters of life...
 
We are fired in adversity,
made strong through struggle,
we are made whole in love,
we are emptied to be filled,
to be poured out, a blessing,
a free-will offering for the world...
 
‐------
September 10, 2024
new wineskins, pliable clay – v2
 
Based on #Luke5:37-38
Based on #Jeremiah18:1-12
Based on #Matthew9:17
Edited September 11, 2024
New wineskins - 2- v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/new-wineskins-2-v2.html
Edited September 10, 2024
Stretching old skin – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/stretching-old-skin-v2.html
About my finger healing after being cut
in the deli meat slicer
Edited September 9, 2024
new wineskins – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/new-wineskins-v2.html
September 9, 2024
New wineskins - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/new-wineskins-2.html
June 7, 2016
tasting the new wine
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/tasting-new-wine.html
June 7, 2016
new wineskins
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/new-wineskins.html
June 7, 2016
new wine filling us
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/new-wine-filling-us.html
June 7, 2016
stretching our flesh
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-our-flesh.html
June 7, 2016
stretching our bodies
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-our-bodies.html
June 7, 2016
stretching our faith
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-our-faith.html
June 7, 2016
giving new life
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-new-life.html
June 7, 2016
giving new lives
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-new-lives.html
June 5, 2016
a balm feeding the skin, the flesh
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/a-balm-feeding-skin-flesh.html
June 5, 2016
giving to the potter
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-to-potter.html
June 5, 2016
supple vessels
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/supple-vessels.html
June 5, 2016
giving us new flesh
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-us-new-flesh.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, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. 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, Luke 5, Jeremiah 18, Potter, prayer, gospel, wine, wineskins, witness,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #prayer #gospel #wine #wineskins #Potter

New wineskins 2 - v2

New skin rising, growing,
filling the cut, the gap,
more pliable than the older,
a strain where they meet…
 
Scripture with new meaning, to me
a revelation, an epiphany, awareness,
understanding more clearly,
the words come alive…
 
New wineskins growing,
a metamorphosis, emergent,
holding new truths, wisdom,
where the old and new meet…
 
Casting off the old, the broken,
from a chrysalis emerging,
new wineskins, new bodies,
filled with God’s love…
 
Alive in the process,
growing in this season,
stretching myself, striving,
to be a vessel for God...
 
===============
Edited September 11, 2024
New wineskins - 2- v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/new-wineskins-2-v2.html
Based on #Luke5:37-38
Based on #Matthew9:17
September 10, 2024
new wineskins, pliable clay
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/new-wineskins-pliable-clay.html
Based on #Luke5:37-38
Based on #Jeremiah18:1-12
Based on #Matthew9:17
Edited September 10, 2024
Stretching old skin – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/stretching-old-skin-v2.html
Edited September 9, 2024
new wineskins – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/new-wineskins-v2.html
September 9, 2024
New wineskins - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/new-wineskins-2.html
June 7, 2016
tasting the new wine
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/tasting-new-wine.html
June 7, 2016
new wineskins
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/new-wineskins.html
June 7, 2016
new wine filling us
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/new-wine-filling-us.html
June 7, 2016
stretching our flesh
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-our-flesh.html
June 7, 2016
stretching our bodies
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-our-bodies.html
June 7, 2016
stretching our faith
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-our-faith.html
June 7, 2016
giving new life
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-new-life.html
June 7, 2016
giving new lives
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-new-lives.html
June 5, 2016
a balm feeding the skin, the flesh
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/a-balm-feeding-skin-flesh.html
June 5, 2016
giving to the potter
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-to-potter.html
June 5, 2016
supple vessels
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/supple-vessels.html
June 5, 2016
giving us new flesh
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-us-new-flesh.html
June 5, 2016
the wine
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-wine.html
June 5, 2016
old wineskins
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/old-wineskins.html
June 5, 2016
dry wineskins
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/dry-wineskins.html
June 5, 2016
poured out, spilled
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/poured-out-spilled.html
June 5, 2016
ruined, perished
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/ruined-perished.html
June 5, 2016
dry, rigged
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/dry-rigged.html
sermon “Let us pour the new wine”
by United Methodist Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar
Orono United Methodist Church
June 4, 2016
 
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, and 2024. 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, Luke 5, Jeremiah 18, Potter, prayer, gospel, wine, wineskins, witness,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #prayer #gospel #wine #wineskins #Potter

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

new wineskins, pliable clay

We are broken vessels,
shards of clay held together,
holding living waters,
flames of the Spirit, everlasting light,
gathered into the hands of God...
 
Our broken pieces are released,
placed by our Potter, 
back onto His wheel,
our clay becoming wineskins
of the living waters of life...
 
We are fired in adversity,
we are made whole in love,
we are emptied to be filled,
to be poured out, a blessing,
a free-will offering of love...
 
‐------
September 10, 2024
new wineskins, pliable clay

Based on #Luke5:37-38
Based on #Jeremiah18:1-12
Based on #Matthew9:17
Edited September 10, 2024
Stretching old skin – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/stretching-old-skin-v2.html
About my finger healing after being cut
in the deli meat slicer
Edited September 9, 2024
new wineskins – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/new-wineskins-v2.html
September 9, 2024
New wineskins - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/new-wineskins-2.html
June 7, 2016
tasting the new wine
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/tasting-new-wine.html
June 7, 2016
new wineskins
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/new-wineskins.html
June 7, 2016
new wine filling us
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/new-wine-filling-us.html
June 7, 2016
stretching our flesh
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-our-flesh.html
June 7, 2016
stretching our bodies
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-our-bodies.html
June 7, 2016
stretching our faith
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-our-faith.html
June 7, 2016
giving new life
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-new-life.html
June 7, 2016
giving new lives
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-new-lives.html
June 5, 2016
a balm feeding the skin, the flesh
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/a-balm-feeding-skin-flesh.html
June 5, 2016
giving to the potter
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-to-potter.html
June 5, 2016
supple vessels
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/supple-vessels.html
June 5, 2016
giving us new flesh
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-us-new-flesh.html
June 5, 2016
the wine
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-wine.html
June 5, 2016
old wineskins
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/old-wineskins.html
June 5, 2016
dry wineskins
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/dry-wineskins.html
June 5, 2016
poured out, spilled
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/poured-out-spilled.html
June 5, 2016
ruined, perished
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/ruined-perished.html
June 5, 2016
dry, rigged
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/dry-rigged.html
June 4, 2016
utterly destroyed
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/utterly-destroyed.html
Luke 5:37 (Darby English Bible)
edited June 4, 2016
wine of the vineyard – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/wine-of-vineyard-v3.html
Luke 5:37
sermon “Let us pour the new wine”
by United Methodist Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar
Orono United Methodist Church
June 4, 2016


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, and 2024. 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, Luke 5, Jeremiah 18, Potter, prayer, gospel, wine, wineskins, witness,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #prayer #gospel #wine #wineskins #Potter

stretching old skin – v2

new wine, the Spirit
alive within us, rising,
stretching our old skin
our bodies, changing flesh…
 
new wine, the Spirit
growing, moving,
joy filling our bodies,
to be offered, to be shared…
 
new wine, the Spirit,
the gospel message alive,
to be poured out as a blessing,
a new hope for the world…
 
===============
Edited September 10, 2024
Stretching old skin – v2
 
Based on #Luke5:37-38
Based on #Matthew9:17
About my finger healing after being cut
in the deli meat slicer
Edited September 9, 2024
new wineskins – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/new-wineskins-v2.html
June 7, 2016
new wineskins
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/new-wineskins.html
September 9, 2024
New wineskins - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/new-wineskins-2.html
June 7, 2016
stretching old skin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-old-skin.html
June 7, 2016
tasting the new wine
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/tasting-new-wine.html
June 7, 2016
new wineskins
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/new-wineskins.html
June 7, 2016
new wine filling us
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/new-wine-filling-us.html
June 7, 2016
stretching our flesh
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-our-flesh.html
June 7, 2016
stretching our bodies
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-our-bodies.html
June 7, 2016
stretching our faith
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-our-faith.html
June 7, 2016
giving new life
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-new-life.html
June 7, 2016
giving new lives
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-new-lives.html
June 5, 2016
a balm feeding the skin, the flesh
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/a-balm-feeding-skin-flesh.html
June 5, 2016
giving to the potter
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-to-potter.html
June 5, 2016
supple vessels
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/supple-vessels.html
June 5, 2016
giving us new flesh
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-us-new-flesh.html
June 5, 2016
the wine
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-wine.html
June 5, 2016
old wineskins
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/old-wineskins.html
June 5, 2016
dry wineskins
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/dry-wineskins.html
June 5, 2016
poured out, spilled
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/poured-out-spilled.html
June 5, 2016
ruined, perished
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/ruined-perished.html
June 5, 2016
dry, rigged
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/dry-rigged.html
sermon “Let us pour the new wine”
by United Methodist Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar
http://www.umc.org/bishops/sudarshana-devadhar
http://www.neumc.org/meetbishopsudarshanadevadhar
Celebration of Ministry service for
Northern Maine District Superintendent
https://www.facebook.com/NME.UMC
Rev. Dr. Pat MacHugh
http://www.churchonthecape.org/New%20Pastor.htm
Orono United Methodist Church
June 4, 2016
&
June 4, 2016
utterly destroyed
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/utterly-destroyed.html
Luke 5:37 (Darby English Bible)
“And no one puts new wine into old skins,
otherwise the new wine will burst the skins,
and it will be poured out, and the skins will be destroyed”
edited June 4, 2016
wine of the vineyard – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/wine-of-vineyard-v3.html
edited June 3, 2016
wine of the vineyard – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/wine-of-vineyard-v2.html
June 3, 2016
wine of the vineyard
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/wine-of-vineyard.html
Luke 5:37
 
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, and 2024. 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, provision, praise, peace, presence, salvation, Luke 5, Spirit, prayer, Christ, gospel, wine, wineskins, witness,
 
#poetry #provision #praise #peace #salvation #creation #God #Christ #Spirit #prayer #Luke5 #gospel #wine #wineskins

Monday, September 09, 2024

new wineskins – v2

new wineskins
of life, of the Spirit
filled with love
moving, growing…
 
life came to us
in the gospel of Jesus
we are filled with the Spirit
the promise of God…
 
our bodies changing,
stretching, growing,
old flesh being cast off,
new skin alive…
 
new wineskins
our bodies, our spirits,
filed with life, of the Spirit
filled with love…
 
===============
Edited September 9, 2024
new wineskins – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/new-wineskins-v2.html
June 7, 2016
new wineskins
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/new-wineskins.html
September 9, 2024
New wineskins - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/new-wineskins-2.html
Based on #Luke5:37-38
Based on #Matthew9:17
About my finger healing after being cut
in the deli meat slicer
&
Edited September 9, 2024
Stretching old skin – v2
 
June 7, 2016
stretching old skin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-old-skin.html
June 7, 2016
tasting the new wine
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/tasting-new-wine.html
June 7, 2016
new wineskins
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/new-wineskins.html
June 7, 2016
new wine filling us
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/new-wine-filling-us.html
June 7, 2016
stretching our flesh
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-our-flesh.html
June 7, 2016
stretching our bodies
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-our-bodies.html
June 7, 2016
stretching our faith
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-our-faith.html
June 7, 2016
giving new life
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-new-life.html
June 7, 2016
giving new lives
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-new-lives.html
June 5, 2016
a balm feeding the skin, the flesh
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/a-balm-feeding-skin-flesh.html
June 5, 2016
giving to the potter
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-to-potter.html
June 5, 2016
supple vessels
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/supple-vessels.html
June 5, 2016
giving us new flesh
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-us-new-flesh.html
June 5, 2016
the wine
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-wine.html
June 5, 2016
old wineskins
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/old-wineskins.html
June 5, 2016
dry wineskins
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/dry-wineskins.html
June 5, 2016
poured out, spilled
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/poured-out-spilled.html
June 5, 2016
ruined, perished
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/ruined-perished.html
June 5, 2016
dry, rigged
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/dry-rigged.html
sermon “Let us pour the new wine”
by United Methodist Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar
http://www.umc.org/bishops/sudarshana-devadhar
http://www.neumc.org/meetbishopsudarshanadevadhar
Celebration of Ministry service for
Northern Maine District Superintendent
https://www.facebook.com/NME.UMC
Rev. Dr. Pat MacHugh
http://www.churchonthecape.org/New%20Pastor.htm
Orono United Methodist Church
June 4, 2016
&
June 4, 2016
utterly destroyed
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/utterly-destroyed.html
Luke 5:37 (Darby English Bible)
“And no one puts new wine into old skins,
otherwise the new wine will burst the skins,
and it will be poured out, and the skins will be destroyed”
edited June 4, 2016
wine of the vineyard – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/wine-of-vineyard-v3.html
edited June 3, 2016
wine of the vineyard – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/wine-of-vineyard-v2.html
June 3, 2016
wine of the vineyard
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/wine-of-vineyard.html
Luke 5:37
 
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, and 2024. 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, provision, praise, peace, presence, salvation, Luke 5, Spirit, prayer, Christ, gospel, wine, wineskins, witness,
 
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New wineskins - 2

New skin rising, growing,
filling the cut, the gap,
more pliable than the other,
a strain where they meet…
 
Scripture with new meaning,
a revelation, an epiphany,
understanding more clearly,
the words come to life…
 
New wineskins growing,
a metamorphosis, emergent,
holding new truths, wisdom,
where the old and new meet…
 
Casting off the old, the broken,
from a chrysalis emerging,
new wineskins, new bodies,
filled with God’s love…
 
===============
Edited September 9, 2024
new wineskins – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/new-wineskins-v2.html
September 9, 2024
New wineskins - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/new-wineskins-2.html
Based on #Luke5:37-38
Based on #Matthew9:17
About my finger healing after being cut
in the deli meat slicer
&
Edited September 9, 2024
Stretching old skin – v2
 
June 7, 2016
stretching old skin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-old-skin.html
June 7, 2016
tasting the new wine
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/tasting-new-wine.html
June 7, 2016
new wineskins
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/new-wineskins.html
June 7, 2016
new wine filling us
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/new-wine-filling-us.html
June 7, 2016
stretching our flesh
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-our-flesh.html
June 7, 2016
stretching our bodies
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-our-bodies.html
June 7, 2016
stretching our faith
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-our-faith.html
June 7, 2016
giving new life
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-new-life.html
June 7, 2016
giving new lives
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-new-lives.html
June 5, 2016
a balm feeding the skin, the flesh
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/a-balm-feeding-skin-flesh.html
June 5, 2016
giving to the potter
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-to-potter.html
June 5, 2016
supple vessels
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/supple-vessels.html
June 5, 2016
giving us new flesh
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-us-new-flesh.html
June 5, 2016
the wine
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-wine.html
June 5, 2016
old wineskins
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/old-wineskins.html
June 5, 2016
dry wineskins
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/dry-wineskins.html
June 5, 2016
poured out, spilled
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/poured-out-spilled.html
June 5, 2016
ruined, perished
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/ruined-perished.html
June 5, 2016
dry, rigged
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/dry-rigged.html
sermon “Let us pour the new wine”
by United Methodist Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar
http://www.umc.org/bishops/sudarshana-devadhar
http://www.neumc.org/meetbishopsudarshanadevadhar
Celebration of Ministry service for
Northern Maine District Superintendent
https://www.facebook.com/NME.UMC
Rev. Dr. Pat MacHugh
http://www.churchonthecape.org/New%20Pastor.htm
Orono United Methodist Church
June 4, 2016
&
June 4, 2016
utterly destroyed
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/utterly-destroyed.html
Luke 5:37 (Darby English Bible)
“And no one puts new wine into old skins,
otherwise the new wine will burst the skins,
and it will be poured out, and the skins will be destroyed”
edited June 4, 2016
wine of the vineyard – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/wine-of-vineyard-v3.html
edited June 3, 2016
wine of the vineyard – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/wine-of-vineyard-v2.html
June 3, 2016
wine of the vineyard
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/wine-of-vineyard.html
Luke 5:37
 
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, and 2024. 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, provision, praise, peace, presence, salvation, Luke 5, Spirit, prayer, Christ, gospel, wine, wineskins, witness,
 
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Sunday, September 08, 2024

New wine skins - 2



New skin rising, growing,
filling the cut, the gap,
more pliable than the other,
a strain where they meet…
 
Scripture with new meaning,
a revelation, an epiphany,
understanding more clearly,
the words come to life…
 
New wineskins growing,
a metamorphosis, emergent,
holding new truths, wisdom,
where the old and new meet…
 
Casting off the old, the broken,
from a chrysalis emerging,
new wineskins, new bodies,
filled with God’s love…

------------------- 
New wineskins - v2

new wineskins
of life, of the Spirit
filled with love
moving, growing…
 
life came to us
in the gospel of Jesus
we are filled with the Spirit
the promise of God…
 
our bodies changing,
stretching, growing,
old flesh being cast off,
new skin alive…
 
new wineskins
our bodies, our spirits,
filed with life, of the Spirit
filled with love…
 
===============
Edited September 9, 2024
new wineskins – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/new-wineskins-v2.html
June 7, 2016
new wineskins
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/new-wineskins.html
September 9, 2024
New wineskins - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/new-wineskins-2.html
Based on #Luke5:37-38
Based on #Matthew9:17
About my finger healing after being cut
in the deli meat slicer
&
Edited September 9, 2024
Stretching old skin – v2
 
June 7, 2016
stretching old skin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-old-skin.html
June 7, 2016
tasting the new wine
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/tasting-new-wine.html
June 7, 2016
new wineskins
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/new-wineskins.html
June 7, 2016
new wine filling us
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/new-wine-filling-us.html
June 7, 2016
stretching our flesh
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-our-flesh.html
June 7, 2016
stretching our bodies
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-our-bodies.html
June 7, 2016
stretching our faith
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/stretching-our-faith.html
June 7, 2016
giving new life
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-new-life.html
June 7, 2016
giving new lives
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-new-lives.html
June 5, 2016
a balm feeding the skin, the flesh
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/a-balm-feeding-skin-flesh.html
June 5, 2016
giving to the potter
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-to-potter.html
June 5, 2016
supple vessels
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/supple-vessels.html
June 5, 2016
giving us new flesh
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/giving-us-new-flesh.html
June 5, 2016
the wine
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-wine.html
June 5, 2016
old wineskins
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/old-wineskins.html
June 5, 2016
dry wineskins
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/dry-wineskins.html
June 5, 2016
poured out, spilled
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/poured-out-spilled.html
June 5, 2016
ruined, perished
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/ruined-perished.html
June 5, 2016
dry, rigged
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/dry-rigged.html
sermon “Let us pour the new wine”
by United Methodist Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar
http://www.umc.org/bishops/sudarshana-devadhar
http://www.neumc.org/meetbishopsudarshanadevadhar
Celebration of Ministry service for
Northern Maine District Superintendent
https://www.facebook.com/NME.UMC
Rev. Dr. Pat MacHugh
http://www.churchonthecape.org/New%20Pastor.htm
Orono United Methodist Church
June 4, 2016
&
June 4, 2016
utterly destroyed
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/utterly-destroyed.html
Luke 5:37 (Darby English Bible)
“And no one puts new wine into old skins,
otherwise the new wine will burst the skins,
and it will be poured out, and the skins will be destroyed”
edited June 4, 2016
wine of the vineyard – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/wine-of-vineyard-v3.html
edited June 3, 2016
wine of the vineyard – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/wine-of-vineyard-v2.html
June 3, 2016
wine of the vineyard
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/06/wine-of-vineyard.html
Luke 5:37
 
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, and 2024. 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, provision, praise, peace, presence, salvation, Luke 5, Spirit, prayer, Christ, gospel, wine, wineskins, witness,
 
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Thursday, August 15, 2019

Different Nets – v2

Different quarry, our target
different nets, measures
using tools, techniques
appropriate, right for the task

The words, of God, of Jesus,
the love that He shared
designed for the hearts of men
bringing God to the crowd
to bring them back to Him

Casting sturdy nets
into the crowds, the oceans,
reaping a harvest of souls
men for the nets to bring in the catch
so they each were called

Able for the work, equipped,
knowing what it would take
the callouses on their hands testified
going out into the lands
to fish for hearts instead

---------------------
edited August 15, 2019
Different Nets – v2
February 2, 2010
Different Nets
Alive Now Daily Reflections
for February 1, 2010 to February 7, 2010
by Nancy Fergusons (You can visit her website at www.BlueTreeResources.org)
Luke 5:1-11 for February 2, 2010

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, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 51,460+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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Friday, June 10, 2016

the sweet wine of Jesus


We are transformed from within
by the indwelling Spirit
Our lives are filled
our lives are changed
by the sweet wine of Jesus
We share a life in the Spirit
with the hope of salvation
in the word, in the gift
in the one who gave His life
Christ is the life, the way, the hope
each of us bears, growing,
welling up within us
filling our lives
The wine of the gospel
the sweet wine of Jesus
the new wine of eternal life
waiting to be poured,
to be shared with others
as light to the world

===============
edited/ new name June 10, 2016
the sweet wine of Jesus

edited June 9, 2016
sweet wine of Jesus – v2
June 7, 2016
sweet wine of Jesus
June 7, 2016
stretching old skin
June 7, 2016
tasting the new wine
June 7, 2016
new wineskins
June 7, 2016
new wine filling us
June 7, 2016
stretching our flesh
June 7, 2016
stretching our bodies
June 7, 2016
stretching our faith
June 7, 2016
giving new life
June 7, 2016
giving new lives
June 5, 2016
a balm feeding the skin, the flesh
June 5, 2016
giving to the potter
June 5, 2016
supple vessels
June 5, 2016
giving us new flesh
June 5, 2016
the wine
June 5, 2016
old wineskins
June 5, 2016
dry wineskins
June 5, 2016
poured out, spilled
June 5, 2016
ruined, perished
June 5, 2016
dry, rigged
Luke 5:37
sermon “Let us pour the new wine”
by United Methodist Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar
Celebration of Ministry service for
Northern Maine District Superintendent
Rev. Dr. Pat MacHugh
Orono United Methodist Church
June 4, 2016
&
June 4, 2016
utterly destroyed
Luke 5:37 (Darby English Bible)
“And no one puts new wine into old skins,
otherwise the new wine will burst the skins,
and it will be poured out, and the skins will be destroyed”
edited June 4, 2016
wine of the vineyard – v3
edited June 3, 2016
wine of the vineyard – v2
June 3, 2016
wine of the vineyard
Luke 5:37

All of my poems and photographs 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 41,320+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.