#drinking these #words of #Jesus – v2 #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #faith #prayer #love #John15 #friend #disciple #master #abide

like nectar poured from heaven,
like water to those who thirst...
coming in communion with scripture
drinking these words of Jesus
dripping from His lips...
prayed over the disciples
sensing the tension, the fear,
in the upper room...
sharing of the cup
eating of the bread
Falling down in worship
in cleaving to Christ’s command
to love as He loved us,
walking humbly in the world...
 
immersed in the living word,
dipping our bodies, our souls,
into these living waters...
pausing to breathe deeply
of the promises in His words,
the command to love one another
to abide in Christ’s love...
offered in these words
in the hot upper room,
but more by His example,
His choice to climb the cross...
Being prepared to see our neighbor
our brothers and sisters as worthy
of our love, our very lives...
 
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Edited July 23, 2026
drinking these words of Jesus
 
sermon, “I have called you friends”
sermon series, “Written in Red”
John 15:9-17
Matthew 26:48-50
1 Corinthians 15:33
Proverbs 13:20
Acts 4:13
James 2:23
Exodus 33:15
Faith Renewed Church
July 13, 2026
Falling at Your Throne
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/falling-at-your-throne.html
Faith Renewed Church
 
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, 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, God, Christ, Spirit, faith, prayer, love, John 15, friend, disciple, master, abide,
 
#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #faith #prayer #love #John15 #friend #disciple #master #abide

#drinking these #words of #Jesus #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #faith #prayer #love #John15 #friend #disciple #master #abide

coming in communion with scripture
drinking these words of Jesus
dripping from His lips,
prayed over the disciples
sensing the tension, the fear,
in the upper room...
sharing of the cup
eating of the bread
falling down in worship
in cleaving to Christ’s command
to love as He loved us,
walking humbly in the world...
 
dipping our bodies, our souls,
into these living waters,
pausing to breathe deeply
of the promises in His words,
the command to love one another
to abide in Christ’s love
offered in these words
but more by His example,
His choice to climb the cross...
Being prepared to see our neighbor
our brothers and sisters as worthy
of our love, our very lives...
 
--------------
July 13, 2026
drinking these words of Jesus
 
sermon, “I have called you friends”
sermon series, “Written in Red”
John 15:9-17
Matthew 26:48-50
1 Corinthians 15:33
Proverbs 13:20
Acts 4:13
James 2:23
Exodus 33:15
Faith Renewed Church
July 13, 2026
Falling at Your Throne
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/07/falling-at-your-throne.html
Faith Renewed Church
 
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, 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, God, Christ, Spirit, faith, prayer, love, John 15, friend, disciple, master, abide,
 
#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #faith #prayer #love #John15 #friend #disciple #master #abide

My Baptism Profession of Faith, September 1, 2019, Military Street Baptist Church, Houlton, Maine

“My baptism today is a completing of the journey I started 15 years ago when I came back to my faith after being away from church for 25 years. I pray this act of falling under the waters will truly be a dying with Christ, a dying to myself and my past, and an outward expression of my dependence on God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit for my life, for my salvation, for every step of my life. I profess Jesus Christ as my risen Lord and Savior, the Master of my life. Amen.”

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/09/9119-baptism-at-military-street-baptist.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, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 51,750 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Walk as He Walked – v4

Live in Him;

walk as He walked.

Believe and be healed;

spread His message, His love.

Live as He lived;

follow the Master’s calling.

Do the Father’s will;

share His holy message.

Walk as He walked,

obedient in each moment;

choosing the way of the cross

in Him there is life eternal.

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edited August 10, 2019

Walk as He Walked – v4

adding third stanza

edited April 22, 2015

Walk as He Walked – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/walk-as-he-walked-v3.html

(editing version 2)

August 2, 2013

“Walk as He Walked – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/walk-as-he-walked-v2.html

June 23, 2008

“Walk as He Walked”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/06/walk-as-he-walked.html

1 John 2:1-6 and

Upper Room devotional for June 17, 2008

http://www.upperroom.org/Devotional/default.asp?month=6&day=17&year=2008&x=107&y=6

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 51,330+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

1 John, 1 John 2, creator, Faith, Family, father, giving, God, healed, hope, Jesus, love, master, sharing, The Message, Upper Room, walking,

#1John2 #creator #Faith #Family #father #giving #God #healed #hope #Jesus #love #master #sharing #TheMessage #UpperRoom #walking

Friend - v2

What does it mean

that his first friend

was imaginary

conjured in his mind?

How did that fact shape his world

and frame mine too?

Lives inside his head

Making the sub corp,

Guppy Class, easy duty

Slow to share feelings

as was his generation

A meticulous man

using hands and spatial geometry

with ease, to create and fix

An organized shop,

with pegboard to match

Night classes and juggling bills

on white lined pads and Ticonderoga #3

Strange to reflect, as time marches on

of the lessons, meaning,

the real consequences

That his first friend

lived inside his head.

----------------------

edited November 17, 2018

Friend – v2

8/8/04 11:27

Friend

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/08/friend.html

&

edited November 17, 2018

Typist – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/typist-v2.html

8/8/04 17:50

Typist

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/08/typist.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, and 2018. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 48,100 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Concord NH, creator, fingers, God, master, New Hampshire, poetry, Poetry Where You Live, Raymond A. Foss, schools, mother, son, homework, love,

#ConcordNH #creator #fingers #God #master #NewHampshire #poetry #schools #mother #son #homework #love

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Concord NH, creator, fingers, God, master, New Hampshire, poetry, Poetry Where You Live, Raymond A. Foss, Father, Son, love, friend, introvert,

#Friend #ConcordNH #creator #fingers #God #master #NewHampshire #poetry #father #son #introvert

Friend - v2

What does it mean

that his first friend

was imaginary

conjured in his mind?

How did that fact shape his world

and frame mine too?

Lives inside his head

Making the sub corp,

Guppy Class, easy duty

Slow to share feelings

as was his generation

A meticulous man

using hands and spatial geometry

with ease, to create and fix

An organized shop,

with pegboard to match

Night classes and juggling bills

on white lined pads and Ticonderoga #3

Strange to reflect, as time marches on

of the lessons, meaning,

the real consequences

That his first friend

lived inside his head.

----------------------

edited November 17, 2018

Friend – v2

8/8/04 11:27

Friend

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/08/friend.html

&

edited November 17, 2018

Typist – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/typist-v2.html

8/8/04 17:50

Typist

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/08/typist.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, and 2018. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 48,100 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Concord NH, creator, fingers, God, master, New Hampshire, poetry, Poetry Where You Live, Raymond A. Foss, schools, mother, son, homework, love,

#ConcordNH #creator #fingers #God #master #NewHampshire #poetry #schools #mother #son #homework #love

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Concord NH, creator, fingers, God, master, New Hampshire, poetry, Poetry Where You Live, Raymond A. Foss, Father, Son, love, friend, introvert,

#Friend #ConcordNH #creator #fingers #God #master #NewHampshire #poetry #father #son #introvert

Friend - v2

Friend – v2

What does it mean

that his first friend

was imaginary

conjured in his mind?

How did that fact shape his world

and frame mine too?

Lives inside his head

Making the sub corp,

Guppy Class, easy duty

Slow to share feelings

as was his generation

A meticulous man

using hands and spatial geometry

with ease, to create and fix

An organized shop,

with pegboard to match

Night classes and juggling bills

on white lined pads and Ticonderoga #3

Strange to reflect, as time marches on

of the lessons, meaning,

the real consequences

That his first friend

lived inside his head.

----------------------

edited November 17, 2018

Friend – v2

8/8/04 11:27

Friend

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/08/friend.html

&

edited November 17, 2018

Typist – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/11/typist-v2.html

8/8/04 17:50

Typist

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/08/typist.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, and 2018. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 48,100 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Concord NH, creator, fingers, God, master, New Hampshire, poetry, Poetry Where You Live, Raymond A. Foss, schools, mother, son, homework, love,

#ConcordNH #creator #fingers #God #master #NewHampshire #poetry #schools #mother #son #homework #love

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

Concord NH, creator, fingers, God, master, New Hampshire, poetry, Poetry Where You Live, Raymond A. Foss, Father, Son, love, friend, introvert,

#Friend #ConcordNH #creator #fingers #God #master #NewHampshire #poetry #father #son #introvert

Typist – v2

Early morning (or very late night,

Depending on your perspective)

Caron and ink eraser, with the bristles

Before Whiteout, before computers,

The Corona clacked away

Her fingers forcing the old keys

Through the ribbon onto the bond paper

My latest masterpiece, assignment

For Junior or High school

No doubt a winner…

My 1^st champion and typist

Encouraging and cajoling

Railing against the procrastination

But accepting the edits, my changes

That might lead to the A

And a good college

For her first-born.

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

edited November 17, 2018

Typist – v2

8/8/04 17:50

Typist

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/08/typist.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, and 2018. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 48,100 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Concord NH, creator, fingers, God, master, New Hampshire, poetry, Poetry Where You Live, Raymond A. Foss, schools, mother, son, homework, love,

#ConcordNH #creator #fingers #God #master #NewHampshire #poetry #schools #mother #son #homework #love