the same prayer as Jesus – v2

a true disciple, a willing servant

faithful to the end

to the path God gave him;

the prayer he raised up

shouted up to heaven

as he died at their hands

faithful, a martyr;

the same prayer as Jesus

asking for forgiveness for them;

but not praying to the Father.

this time praying to the Son.

=======================

May 9, 2017

a witness to the execution

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/05/a-witness-to-execution.html

Acts 7:58

Saul, Paul

Mosaic Law

Acts 7:55-60

The Upper Room Disciplines for 2017

“Who Are Those Guys?”

May 8, 2017 to May 14, 2017

by Bradford Bosworth

devotion for May 9, 2017

read May 9, 2017

&

edited May 9, 2017

the same prayer as Jesus – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-same-prayer-as-jesus-v3.html

edited May 8, 2017

as they stoned him – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/05/as-they-stoned-him-v2.html

May 8, 2017

as they stoned him

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/05/as-they-stoned-him.html

May 8, 2017

forgiving love

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/05/forgiving-love.html

edited May 8, 2017

the same prayer as Jesus – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-same-prayer-as-jesus-v2.html

May 8, 2017

the same prayer as Jesus

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-same-prayer-as-jesus.html

Acts 7:50

Luke 23:34

Acts 7:55-60

The Upper Room Disciplines for 2017

“Who Are Those Guys?”

May 8, 2017 to May 14, 2017

by Bradford Bosworth

devotion for May 8, 2017

read May 8, 2017

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When the mosques empty – v2

What will happen, will it be an explosion

what will happen this Friday in that land

when the mosques empty

the people done with their prayers;

Will the madman come

to rain bullets down upon them

will they cry for freedom

rising up in the square

What will happen across Libya

in Fashloom, Tajoora, Bin Ashoor

in the rest of Tripoli

will they finally rise up

will the people be free;

Will the coward shoot them

denying them their rights

will the world stand by in silence

as the day turns red with blood

==============

edited December 23, 2015

When the mosques empty – v2

March 3, 2011/ March 4, 2011 in the Libyan timezones

When the mosques empty

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/03/when-mosques-empty.html

the coming of a Friday day of prayers, which have been the days

of the largest protests in many of the countries in revolt

&

The ludicrous statements of Moammar Gaddafi

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/28/libya.protests/index.html?hpt=T1

February 28, 2011

The coverage of the sons of Muammar Qadhafi

with Christiane Amanpour

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/world_news&id=7983698

February 27, 2011

&

seeing the genocide in Libya

and hearing the rabbling of Gadhafi

http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/02/22/bts.gadhafi.statement.libyanstate

2/22/2011

&

on the transformations since the beginning of January -

all the protests in Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Oman,

Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Palestinian Territories, Djibouti, Mauritania, Senegal, etc.

and

especially the resignation of Hosni Mubarak

February 11, 2011

&

and the jubilance in Tahrir Square

versus the bloodshed in Bahrain and Libya, etc.

February 18, 2011

&

hearing claim by President Obama 2/15/2011

in a news conference that when history books tell it

we will be seen as being on the right side of history

in how the United States responded

&

Post on Twitter by Wael Ghonim

http://twitter.com/Ghonim

“Our Revolution was like Wikipedia”

http://twitter.com/Ghonim/status/37306340103688192

http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/ghonim-our-revolution-wikipedia

February 14, 2011

&

Post on Twitter by Wael Ghonim

http://twitter.com/Ghonim

 “This is Revolution 2.0: No one was a hero because everyone was a hero.”

http://twitter.com/Ghonim/status/36708161440190464

February 13, 2011

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Unrest in Egypt – v4

There is still trouble in that ancient land

so important to the world

political unrest in Egypt,

in the Maghreb, in the Gulf;

People taking to the street

it is long past time to speak.

All of us complacent

if we do not join with them

calling for their ouster

for democracy to prevail

rights for all people

for all of this to end.

---

edited April 21, 2015

Unrest in Eqypt – v4

(editing original)

Edited October 10, 2013

Unrest in Egypt – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/10/unrest-in-egypt-v3.html

February 11, 2011

Unrest in Egypt – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/02/unrest-in-egypt-v2.html

February 11, 2011

Unrest in Egypt

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/02/unrest-in-egypt.html

a prayer for Egypt

and see

http://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss#!/notes/safiyah-fosua/a-prayer-for-the-people-of-egypt-february-3-2011/10150134548244274

A Prayer for the People of Egypt (February 3, 2011)

by Safiyah Fosua

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=719089081

&

http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/02/22/bts.gadhafi.statement.libyanstate

&

on the transformations since the beginning of January -

all the protests in Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Oman,

Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Palestinian Territories, Djibouti, Mauritania, Senegal, etc.

and

especially the resignation of Hosni Mubarak

February 11, 2011

&

and the jubilance in Tahrir Square

versus the bloodshed in Bahrain and Libya, etc.

February 18, 2011

&

hearing claim by President Obama 2/15/2011

in a news conference that when history books tell it

we will be seen as being on the right side of history

in how the United States responded

&

Post on Twitter by Wael Ghonim

http://twitter.com/Ghonim

“Our Revolution was like Wikipedia”

http://twitter.com/Ghonim/status/37306340103688192

http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/ghonim-our-revolution-wikipedia

February 14, 2011

&

Post on Twitter by Wael Ghonim

http://twitter.com/Ghonim

 “This is Revolution 2.0: No one was a hero because everyone was a hero.”

http://twitter.com/Ghonim/status/36708161440190464

February 13, 2011

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 37,180+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Into the Fist of the Madman – v2

The world allowing this to continue

the people seeking freedom

given over, abandoned,

into the fist of the madman.

Hope not yet extinguished

as the people fight for freedom;

a million strong in Benghazi

still needing our assistance.

Time is now, urgent,

the window not yet closed;

but the brutality of revenge

will surely come.

If we ignore the people,

if we turn a blind eye on the martyrs;

where we said he should be overthrown

we must act on our convictions.

Any action is a start,

we must do more than speak;

words just a spark, a start,

but may they burn with freedom.

Acting on convictions,

stopping the dictator;

history will judge us by

how we act in this very moment.

-----

edited March 24, 2015

Into the Fist of the Madman – v2

March 16, 2011

Into the Fist of the Madman

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/03/into-fist-of-madman.html

calling on President Obama and the world

to speak out and act in the Middle East

to stand with the people

yearning to breathe free

and not worrying about the results,

that it is always right to stand for basic human rights

&

on the transformations since the beginning of January -

all the protests in Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Oman,

Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Palestinian Territories, Djibouti, Mauritania, Senegal, Saudi Arabia, etc.

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 36,700+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

seeing heaven

seeing heaven

dying by their hands

stoned for proclaiming

the risen Son of Man

shouting boldly

over their denials

seeing heaven

Christ standing before him

welcoming him home.    

------

September 26, 2014

drafted September 18, 2014

seeing heaven

Acts 7:54-58

devotion, “Awed by Courage”

devotion by Alan Robertson

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alan-Robertson-duck-dynasty/601622119889439

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alan-Robertson/665992033453188

http://duckcommander.com/meet-the-family/al-robertson

https://twitter.com/BeardlessBro

for September 18, 2014

read September 18, 2014

Duck Commander Daily Devotional

http://www.amazon.com/Duck-Commander-Devotional-Alan-Robertson/dp/1476748683

compiled by Alan Robertson

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alan-Robertson-duck-dynasty/601622119889439

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alan-Robertson/665992033453188

http://duckcommander.com/meet-the-family/al-robertson

https://twitter.com/BeardlessBro

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 32,450+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Declaring War on His People – v5

The madmen, the madmen

Murdering, terrorizing

declaring war on his people

not “the violence in Libya”

but death in the streets

the same in Syria, in other states

The madman brutalizing

denying them rights

Killing his people

in an abuse of his might

Edited November 22, 2013

Declaring War on His People – v5

(editing original again)

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/03/declaring-war-on-his-people.html

Edited October 10, 2013

Declaring War on His People – v4

(editing original again)

Edited October 5, 2013

Declaring War on His People – v3

Edited September 23, 2013

Declaring War on His People – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/declaring-war-on-his-people-v2.html

March 7, 2011

Declaring War on His People

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/03/declaring-war-on-his-people.html

Continuing fighting against the Libyan people

by the illegitimate continuing rule of Muammar Gadhafi

&

“Moammar Gadhafi's son speaks with CNN”

http://bit.ly/eZObIw

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Saif-al-Islam-al-Gaddafi/10917256698

http://twitter.com/SaifGaddafi

Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi

http://twitter.com/NicRobertsonCNN

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nic-Robertson-CNN-Fan-Page/64870076458?ref=share

Nic Robertson

&

one of the all-time

great pictures, capturing evil, before it rose up to full flowering http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue9911/icon02.htm,

of Joseph Goebbels, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Goebbels,

on display at The Granary Gallery on Martha’s Vineyard

(http://www.granarygallery.com/),

taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898 - 1995),

http://artquarterly.com/artist.cfm?ID=16,

a master of black and white. Photojournalist of the century, http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue9911/eisieintro.htm.

&

Tweet about nighttime abductions in Tajoura district of Tripoli

http://alive.in/libya/2011/03/04/pro-government-attacking-houses-at-night-speak2tweet/

massacre in Zawiya

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/04/libya.conflict/index.html?hpt=T1

March 4, 2011

&

firing of tear gas on people coming out of prayers

in  Tajoura neighborhood of Tripoli

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8362590/Police-fire-tear-gas-on-Tripoli-protest.html

March 4, 2011

&

the coming of a Friday day of prayers, which have been the days

of the largest protests in many of the countries in revolt

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/05/world/middleeast/05unrest.html?_r=1&hp

March 4, 2011

&

The ludicrous statements of Moammar Gaddafi

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/28/libya.protests/index.html?hpt=T1

February 28, 2011

The coverage of the sons of Muammar Qadhafi

with Christiane Amanpour

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/world_news&id=7983698

February 27, 2011

&

seeing the genocide in Libya

and hearing the rabbling of Gadhafi

http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/02/22/bts.gadhafi.statement.libyanstate

2/22/2011

&

on the transformations since the beginning of January -

all the protests in Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Oman,

Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Palestinian Territories, Djibouti, Mauritania, Senegal, etc.

and

especially the resignation of Hosni Mubarak

February 11, 2011

&

and the jubilance in Tahrir Square

versus the bloodshed in Bahrain and Libya, etc.

February 18, 2011

&

hearing claim by President Obama 2/15/2011

in a news conference that when history books tell it

we will be seen as being on the right side of history

in how the United States responded

&

Post on Twitter by Wael Ghonim

http://twitter.com/Ghonim

“Our Revolution was like Wikipedia”

http://twitter.com/Ghonim/status/37306340103688192

http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/ghonim-our-revolution-wikipedia

February 14, 2011

&

Post on Twitter by Wael Ghonim

http://twitter.com/Ghonim

 “This is Revolution 2.0: No one was a hero because everyone was a hero.”

http://twitter.com/Ghonim/status/36708161440190464

February 13, 2011

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 26,550+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.