We have lost part of our ethos

We look to the government, to Washington,
to fill a void in our culture, a vacuum,
the collapse of the family, the church,
the anchor in our lives
Lost in a Devil’s Bargain…

Prosperity, urbanization, the industrial revolution,
things that tore us from the land, family,
away from our faith, community,
caused an awful breach,
A vacuum to be filled…

Society reached for the center
when we were in crisis,
the Great Depression,
to heal inequity, poverty,
But we paid an awful price…

Divided against ourselves
neighbor against neighbor,
calling them the Other,
separated into camps,
Not trusting one another...

How do we return, extricate,
returning power from the center
when the vacuum that was created
the same truth remains, present,
When we chose the Devil’s Bargain…

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August 13, 2025
We have lost part of our ethos
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/we-have-lost-part-of-our-ethos.html
 
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Poetry, poem, America, culture, Washington, government, community, family, church, parties,
 
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Life begins - v3

Life begins In a miracle, in a moment,

like the Big Bang, as if by magic,

in a twinkling, the world becomes larger,

two becoming one, joined together,

a new life, a new creation, a child, 

a spirit pulled from the guf

the treasury of souls singing,

a beautiful new thing begun…

Molded in our mother’s womb,

a new life, sacred treasure, 

a new creation, at conception,

a mother and a father, two bodies,

creating a new person, life,

a soul pulled from the guf,

life begins in a miracle, a twinkling,

a quickening of new flesh…

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Edited November 12, 2024

Life begins - v3

Edited November 11, 2024

Life begins – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/life-begins-v2.html

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Life begins – v2

Life begins In a miracle, in a moment,
in a twinkling, the world becomes larger,
two becoming one, together,
a new life, a new creation,
a spirit pulled from the guf
the treasury of souls singing,
a beautiful new thing begun…
 
Molded in our mother’s womb,
a new life, a new creation,
a mother and a father, two bodies,
creating a new person,
a soul pulled from the guf,
life begins in a miracle, a twinkling,
a quickening of new flesh…
 
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Edited November 11, 2024
Life begins – v2
 
November 11, 2024
Life begins
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/in-miracle-in-moment-world-becomes.html
Edited November 4, 2024
The Sanctity of Life – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-sanctity-of-life-v2.html
 
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#Life begins

In a miracle, in a moment,
the world becomes larger,
two becoming one, together,
a new life, a new creation,
a spirit pulled from the guf
the treasury of souls singing,
a new thing begun…
 
Molded in our mother’s womb,
a new life, a new creation,
a mother and a father, two bodies,
creating a new person,
a soul pulled from the guf,
life begins in a miracle, a twinkling,
a quickening of new flesh…
 
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November 11, 2024
Life begins
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/in-miracle-in-moment-world-becomes.html
Edited November 4, 2024
The Sanctity of Life – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-sanctity-of-life-v2.html
 
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The Sanctity of Life - v2

I will never trust the vessel,
an embodiment of evil,
the most unchristian man
that I have ever seen;
but I must ask, how can I
love God, and be a Christian,
when the sanctity of life, each life,
is held in the balance, this choice…
 
Every life is worthy, important,
a gift of the divine, the Creator,
at the moment of conception,
a soul pulled from the Guf,
called, commissioned,
created, molded, within
their mother’s womb,
waiting to be born…
 
With each ending, termination
before their beginning comes
a life unborn, cut down,
an unfulfilled calling,
an unmet purpose,
part of God’s plan, lost, cut down,
a choice made, free will,
but was it of God…
 
A hard place to stand, to anchor,
based on my own convictions, the law,
a struggle between God and free will,
a sense that I should not tell another,
the choices they should make,
pain they would suffer, autonomy,
if choice were taken from them
but grieving for the fate of innocent life…
 
Giving immense power, authority,
to one so utterly broken, bereft,
of any moral character, vile,
a fount of lies, of grievances,
so unlike our Savior, Christ,
so unworthy a leader, a liar,
the worst our country can offer,
how is he a protector of innocent life???
 
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Edited November 4, 2024
The Sanctity of Life – v2
 
 
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I weep for the unborn – v2

I weep for the unborn,
for innocent life taken,
I grieve for lives altered,
for the many lives lost,
cast into the abyss…
 
So much heart ache, so much pain,
a battle raging before the grave,
before the judgement seat,
wailing and gnashing,
of too many teeth…
 
Life, human life,
in the balance,
a crucible, in between
competing lives,
yet so much pain…
 
So much heart ache, so much pain,
a battle raging before the grave,
before the judgement seat,
wailing and gnashing,
of too many teeth…
 
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Edited November 3, 2024
I weep for the unborn
 
Written and posted October 8, 2024
The Sanctity of Life
Typed October 16, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-sanctity-of-life_24.html
 
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what if cancer - v2

each life precious
each life important,
in God’s plan,
what if cancer
was to be cured
by one dead unborn,
conceived in the womb,
but sent to the tomb,
never seeing the sun
never breathing air…
 
if our days are numbered,
our hairs known by God,
a plan before we are born,
couldn’t this be possible,
if we believe in His promises,
His sovereignty, His judgment,
as reasonable as random chance
a consequence of free will,
a burden of choices we make
before the hand of God…
 
----
Edited and posted October 9, 2024
what if cancer – v2
 
&
July 1, 2014
what if cancer
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/07/what-if-cancer.html
Daniel 9:1-15
&
Written and posted October 9, 2024
I weep for the unborn
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/i-weep-for-unborn_24.html
Written and posted October 8, 2024
The Sanctity of Life
Typed October 16, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-sanctity-of-life_24.html
 
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I weep for the unborn

I weep for the unborn,
for the innocent life taken,
I grieve for the lives, altered,
for the many lives lost,
cast into the abyss…
 
So much heart ache, so much pain,
a battle raging before the grave,
before the judgement seat,
a wailing and gnashing,
of too many teeth…
 
--------
Written and posted October 9, 2024
I weep for the unborn
 
Written and posted October 8, 2024
The Sanctity of Life
Typed October 16, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-sanctity-of-life_24.html
 
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The Sanctity of Life

I don’t trust the vessel,
an embodiment of evil,
the most unchristian man
that I ever have seen;
but how can I claim,
to love God, to be a Christian,
when the sanctity of life, each life,
is held in the balance…
 
Every life worthy, important,
a gift of the Creator,
at the moment of conception,
a soul pulled from the Guf,
called, commissioned,
created, molded, within
their mother’s womb,
waiting to be born…
 
With each ending, a termination
before their beginning
a life unborn, cut down,
an unfulfilled calling,
an unmet purpose,
part of God’s plan, lost, cut down,
a choice made, free will,
but not of God…
 
A hard place to stand, to anchor,
based on my own convictions, the law,
a struggle between God and free will,
a sense that I should not tell another,
the choices they should make,
the pain they would suffer
if choice were taken from them
but grieving for the fate of innocent life…
 
Giving immense power, authority,
to one so utterly broken, bereft,
of any moral character, vile,
a fount of lies, of grievances,
so unlike our Savior,
so unworthy a leader
the worst our country can offer,
the protector of innocent life…
 
--------
Written and posted October 8, 2024
The Sanctity of Life
Typed October 16, 2024
 
 
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what if cancer - v2

each life precious,

each life important, 

in God's plan, 

What if cancer

was to be cured

by one dead unborn,

conceived in the womb,

but sent to the tomb,

never seeing the sun,

never breathing air...

if our days are numbered,

our hairs known by God,

a plan before we are born,

couldn’t this be possible,

if we believe in His promises,

His sovereignty, His judgment,

as reasonable as random chance

a consequence of free will,

a burden of choices we make

before the hand of God...

---- 

Edited October 9, 2024 

what if cancer - v2

July 1, 2014

what if cancer

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/07/what-if-cancer.html 

Daniel 9:1-15

end times

- consequences for disobedience to God

- righteousness of God

- responsibility of God to punish

- free will

- America, abortion, death of human life

Jeremiah 25:11-12

Jeremiah 25

Psalm 139:16

Psalm 139:13-16

Jeremiah 29:11

Luke 12:7

Psalm 39:4

Job 14:5

and Men’s Bible Study

Patten, ME

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I weep for the unborn

I weep for the unborn 

#God #Faith #life #law #abortion #ProLife #ProChoice #America 

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