We each are the gifted

We each are gifted,
set apart for a purpose,
we each have a mission,
a calling in this life…
 
Breathe these words,
this message, this hope,
into your mind, your spirit,
know you have that power…
 
The power to shine brightly,
in your own special space,
we each have our own
calling in this life…
 
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August 13, 2024
We each are gifted
 
Written after watching a video
August 1, 2024
by Parkwood Entertainment
https://x.com/parkwood/status/1819103451969999265
about Simone Biles and the 2024 Olympic Gymnastics All-Around
 
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, faith, calling, purpose, gifted, gifts, talents, power, strength, beauty, Simone Biles, perseverance,
 
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Make this all make sense – v2

You want me to do what, Lord,
to find joy in my trials,
my struggles, my tests,
my challenges in this life?
 
Make this all make sense, Lord,
my struggle, my journey,
show me what I am to do
to be faithful to Your calling…
 
Are you sure, Lord,
does that even make sense,
to be happy in my testing,
to have faith to persevere?
 
Teach me, Lord, God,
for I am broken, shattered,
show me what I must do
to be faithful to Your calling…
 
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Merged July 18, 2024
Make this all make sense – v2
 
July 18, 2024
Make this all make sense
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/make-this-all-make-sense.html
July 17, 2024
Joy in my Trials
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/joy-in-my-trials.html
Based on #James1:2-6
 
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, 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.
 
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Make this all make sense

Make this all make sense, Lord,
My struggle, my journey,
Show me what I am to do
To be faithful to Your calling…
 
Teach me, Lord, God,
For I am broken, shattered,
Show me what I must do
To be faithful to Your calling…
 
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July 18, 2024
Make this all make sense
 
July 17, 2024
Joy in my Trials
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/joy-in-my-trials.html
Based on #James1:2-6
 
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, 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.
 
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Joy in my Trials?

You want me to do what, Lord,
To find joy in my trials,
My struggles, my tests,
My challenges in this life?
 
Are you sure, Lord,
Does that even make sense,
To be happy in my testing,
To have faith to persevere?
 
Wisdom on the other side,
Triumph through our trials,
Joy in trusting in You, my God,
My Creator and my Lord…
 
Life in abundance, a calling,
A purpose for my life
In finding joy in my trials
My life on the Potter’s wheel…
 
--------------  
July 17, 2024
Joy in my Trials
 
Based on #James1:2-6
 
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, 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.
 
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Not one and done

Not one and done,
the calling of Jesus,
We are to ask, to seek, to knock,
on our faith journey.
 
Keep on asking,
Keep on seeking,
Keep on knocking,
striving in God’s love.
 
The questions you are asking,
The answers you are seeking,
The doors you want opened,
Will come in God’s time
 
Keep on asking,
Keep on seeking,
Keep on knocking,
striving in God’s love.
 
====
February 2, 2024
Not one and done
 
Matthew 7:7
Keep on Asking and it will be given to you;
Keep on seeking and you will find;
Keep knocking and the door will be opened to you.
&
Edited February 2, 2024
Start in Worship – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/start-in-worship-v2.html
January 31, 2024
Start in Worship
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/start-in-worship.html
Exodus 23:25
&
Edited January 30, 2024
Weakness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/weakness-v2.html
January 30, 2024
Weakness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/weakness.html
January 30, 2024
Relying on You only
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/relying-on-you-only.html
2 Corinthians 12:10
&
Edited January 29, 2024
Watch what you say – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/watch-what-you-say-v2.html
Adding stanza 3
January 29, 2024
Watch what you say
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/watch-what-you-say.html
Ephesians 4:29
&
January 28, 2024
Happy where we are right now
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/happy-where-we-are-right-now.html
Ecclesiastes 3:22
Ecclesiastes 3
&
Edited January 28, 2024
New – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/new-v2.html
Ecclesiastes 3:11a
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Ecclesiastes 3
&
January 27, 2024
New
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/new.html
Revelations 21:5
2 Corinthians 5:17
Isaiah 43:19
Isaiah 65:17
Lamentations 3:22-23
Colossians 3:9-10
&
Edited January 27, 2024
Choosing to become clay – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/choosing-to-become-clay-v3.html
&
Edited January 27, 2024
God will make our way straight – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/god-will-make-our-way-straight-v2.html
January 27, 2024
God will make our way straight
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/god-will-make-our-way-straight.html
Proverbs 3:6b
God will make our way straight
Proverbs 3:5-6
Proverbs 3
&
January 27, 2024
In my weakness, in my doubting
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/in-my-weakness-in-my-doubting.html
Edited January 27, 2024
A prayer for Wisdom – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-prayer-for-wisdom-v2.html
January 27, 2024
A prayer for Wisdom
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-prayer-for-wisdom.html
James 1:5
James 1
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 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.
 
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Start in Worship – v2

Start in Worship,
On your knees, praying,
Offering your praise,
Giving your life over
To the One true God.
 
Start in Worship,
In prayer, in supplication,
Turn your hearts, your spirit,
From the ways of dust, of the world,
To the promises of God.
 
Start in Worship.,
Lift your eyes, praying,
To the heavens above,
Put your body, your life,
Into the hands of God.
 
====
Edited February 2, 2024
Start in Worship – v2
 
January 31, 2024
Start in Worship
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/start-in-worship.html
Exodus 23:25
&
Edited January 30, 2024
Weakness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/weakness-v2.html
January 30, 2024
Weakness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/weakness.html
January 30, 2024
Relying on You only
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/relying-on-you-only.html
2 Corinthians 12:10
&
Edited January 29, 2024
Watch what you say – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/watch-what-you-say-v2.html
Adding stanza 3
January 29, 2024
Watch what you say
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/watch-what-you-say.html
Ephesians 4:29
&
January 28, 2024
Happy where we are right now
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/happy-where-we-are-right-now.html
Ecclesiastes 3:22
Ecclesiastes 3
&
Edited January 28, 2024
New – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/new-v2.html
Ecclesiastes 3:11a
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Ecclesiastes 3
&
January 27, 2024
New
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/new.html
Revelations 21:5
2 Corinthians 5:17
Isaiah 43:19
Isaiah 65:17
Lamentations 3:22-23
Colossians 3:9-10
&
Edited January 27, 2024
Choosing to become clay – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/choosing-to-become-clay-v3.html
&
Edited January 27, 2024
God will make our way straight – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/god-will-make-our-way-straight-v2.html
January 27, 2024
God will make our way straight
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/god-will-make-our-way-straight.html
Proverbs 3:6b
God will make our way straight
Proverbs 3:5-6
Proverbs 3
&
January 27, 2024
In my weakness, in my doubting
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/in-my-weakness-in-my-doubting.html
Edited January 27, 2024
A prayer for Wisdom – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-prayer-for-wisdom-v2.html
January 27, 2024
A prayer for Wisdom
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-prayer-for-wisdom.html
James 1:5
James 1
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 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.
 
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Start in Worship

On our knees, praying,
Offering our praise,
Giving our lives over
To the One true God.
 
Start in Worship,
In prayer, in supplication,
Turn your hearts, your spirit,
From the ways of dust.
 
Lift your eyes, praying,
To the heavens above,
Put your bodies, your lives,
Into the hands of God.
 
====
January 31, 2024
Start in Worship
 
Exodus 23:25
&
Edited January 30, 2024
Weakness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/weakness-v2.html
January 30, 2024
Weakness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/weakness.html
January 30, 2024
Relying on You only
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/relying-on-you-only.html
2 Corinthians 12:10
&
Edited January 29, 2024
Watch what you say – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/watch-what-you-say-v2.html
Adding stanza 3
January 29, 2024
Watch what you say
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/watch-what-you-say.html
Ephesians 4:29
&
January 28, 2024
Happy where we are right now
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/happy-where-we-are-right-now.html
Ecclesiastes 3:22
Ecclesiastes 3
&
Edited January 28, 2024
New – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/new-v2.html
Ecclesiastes 3:11a
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Ecclesiastes 3
&
January 27, 2024
New
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/new.html
Revelations 21:5
2 Corinthians 5:17
Isaiah 43:19
Isaiah 65:17
Lamentations 3:22-23
Colossians 3:9-10
&
Edited January 27, 2024
Choosing to become clay – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/choosing-to-become-clay-v3.html
&
Edited January 27, 2024
God will make our way straight – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/god-will-make-our-way-straight-v2.html
January 27, 2024
God will make our way straight
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/god-will-make-our-way-straight.html
Proverbs 3:6b
God will make our way straight
Proverbs 3:5-6
Proverbs 3
&
January 27, 2024
In my weakness, in my doubting
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/in-my-weakness-in-my-doubting.html
Edited January 27, 2024
A prayer for Wisdom – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-prayer-for-wisdom-v2.html
January 27, 2024
A prayer for Wisdom
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-prayer-for-wisdom.html
James 1:5
James 1
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 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.
 
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Weakness – v2

In our weakness strength,
Held lovingly in God’s hand;
We find hope today.
 
====
Edited January 30, 2024
Weakness – v2
 
January 30, 2024
Weakness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/weakness.html
January 30, 2024
Relying on You only
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/relying-on-you-only.html
2 Corinthians 12:10
&
Edited January 29, 2024
Watch what you say – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/watch-what-you-say-v2.html
Adding stanza 3
January 29, 2024
Watch what you say
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/watch-what-you-say.html
Ephesians 4:29
&
January 28, 2024
Happy where we are right now
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/happy-where-we-are-right-now.html
Ecclesiastes 3:22
Ecclesiastes 3
&
Edited January 28, 2024
New – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/new-v2.html
Ecclesiastes 3:11a
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Ecclesiastes 3
&
January 27, 2024
New
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/new.html
Revelations 21:5
2 Corinthians 5:17
Isaiah 43:19
Isaiah 65:17
Lamentations 3:22-23
Colossians 3:9-10
&
Edited January 27, 2024
Choosing to become clay – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/choosing-to-become-clay-v3.html
&
Edited January 27, 2024
God will make our way straight – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/god-will-make-our-way-straight-v2.html
January 27, 2024
God will make our way straight
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/god-will-make-our-way-straight.html
Proverbs 3:6b
God will make our way straight
Proverbs 3:5-6
Proverbs 3
&
January 27, 2024
In my weakness, in my doubting
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/in-my-weakness-in-my-doubting.html
Edited January 27, 2024
A prayer for Wisdom – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-prayer-for-wisdom-v2.html
January 27, 2024
A prayer for Wisdom
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-prayer-for-wisdom.html
James 1:5
James 1
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 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.
 
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Weakness

In our weakness strength
In God’s hand firmly, in love,
We find hope today.
 
 
====
January 30, 2024
Weakness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/weakness.html
January 30, 2024
Relying on You only
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/relying-on-you-only.html
2 Corinthians 12:10
&
Edited January 29, 2024
Watch what you say – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/watch-what-you-say-v2.html
Adding stanza 3
January 29, 2024
Watch what you say
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/watch-what-you-say.html
Ephesians 4:29
&
January 28, 2024
Happy where we are right now
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/happy-where-we-are-right-now.html
Ecclesiastes 3:22
Ecclesiastes 3
&
Edited January 28, 2024
New – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/new-v2.html
Ecclesiastes 3:11a
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Ecclesiastes 3
&
January 27, 2024
New
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/new.html
Revelations 21:5
2 Corinthians 5:17
Isaiah 43:19
Isaiah 65:17
Lamentations 3:22-23
Colossians 3:9-10
&
Edited January 27, 2024
Choosing to become clay – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/choosing-to-become-clay-v3.html
&
Edited January 27, 2024
God will make our way straight – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/god-will-make-our-way-straight-v2.html
January 27, 2024
God will make our way straight
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/god-will-make-our-way-straight.html
Proverbs 3:6b
God will make our way straight
Proverbs 3:5-6
Proverbs 3
&
January 27, 2024
In my weakness, in my doubting
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/in-my-weakness-in-my-doubting.html
Edited January 27, 2024
A prayer for Wisdom – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-prayer-for-wisdom-v2.html
January 27, 2024
A prayer for Wisdom
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-prayer-for-wisdom.html
James 1:5
James 1
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 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.
 
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Relying on You only

Why is it that we come to You, Lord,
Only in our trials, in our struggles,
Crying out to God to save us,
To lift us from the pit, the well,
The valley of our own making?
 
We should come to You first,
In prayer, in supplication, joyful,
Relying on You only, only,
In every breath, in every step,
In every moment of our lives.
 
Praising You on the mountaintop,
Praising You in the valley, in our trials,
Relying on You only, only,
For You are our one hope,
For meaning, for joy in this life.
 
====
January 30, 2024
Relying on You only
 
2 Corinthians 12:10
&
Edited January 29, 2024
Watch what you say – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/watch-what-you-say-v2.html
Adding stanza 3
January 29, 2024
Watch what you say
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/watch-what-you-say.html
Ephesians 4:29
&
January 28, 2024
Happy where we are right now
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/happy-where-we-are-right-now.html
Ecclesiastes 3:22
Ecclesiastes 3
&
Edited January 28, 2024
New – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/new-v2.html
Ecclesiastes 3:11a
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Ecclesiastes 3
&
January 27, 2024
New
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/new.html
Revelations 21:5
2 Corinthians 5:17
Isaiah 43:19
Isaiah 65:17
Lamentations 3:22-23
Colossians 3:9-10
&
Edited January 27, 2024
Choosing to become clay – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/choosing-to-become-clay-v3.html
&
Edited January 27, 2024
God will make our way straight – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/god-will-make-our-way-straight-v2.html
January 27, 2024
God will make our way straight
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/god-will-make-our-way-straight.html
Proverbs 3:6b
God will make our way straight
Proverbs 3:5-6
Proverbs 3
&
January 27, 2024
In my weakness, in my doubting
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/in-my-weakness-in-my-doubting.html
Edited January 27, 2024
A prayer for Wisdom – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-prayer-for-wisdom-v2.html
January 27, 2024
A prayer for Wisdom
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-prayer-for-wisdom.html
James 1:5
James 1
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Watch what you say – v2

Watch what you say,
do not lash out in anger;
Let your words be a balm,
a suave to heal division.
 
Let your words be a gift,
an offering of love, of patience;
Watch what you say,
in the heat of the moment…
 
Watch what you say,
do not harm, uplift others;
Choose to offer love,
whenever you speak.
 
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Edited January 29, 2024
Watch what you say – v2
 
Adding stanza 3
January 29, 2024
Watch what you say
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/watch-what-you-say.html
Ephesians 4:29
&
January 28, 2024
Happy where we are right now
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/happy-where-we-are-right-now.html
Ecclesiastes 3:22
Ecclesiastes 3
&
Edited January 28, 2024
New – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/new-v2.html
Ecclesiastes 3:11a
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Ecclesiastes 3
&
January 27, 2024
New
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/new.html
Revelations 21:5
2 Corinthians 5:17
Isaiah 43:19
Isaiah 65:17
Lamentations 3:22-23
Colossians 3:9-10
&
Edited January 27, 2024
Choosing to become clay – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/choosing-to-become-clay-v3.html
&
Edited January 27, 2024
God will make our way straight – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/god-will-make-our-way-straight-v2.html
January 27, 2024
God will make our way straight
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/god-will-make-our-way-straight.html
Proverbs 3:6b
God will make our way straight
Proverbs 3:5-6
Proverbs 3
&
January 27, 2024
In my weakness, in my doubting
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/in-my-weakness-in-my-doubting.html
Edited January 27, 2024
A prayer for Wisdom – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-prayer-for-wisdom-v2.html
January 27, 2024
A prayer for Wisdom
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-prayer-for-wisdom.html
James 1:5
James 1
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 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.
 
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Watch what you say

Watch what you say,
Do not lash out in anger,
Let your words be a balm,
A suave to heal division.
 
Let your words be a gift,
An offering of love, of patience,
Watch what you say,
In the heat of the moment…
 
====
January 29, 2024
Watch what you say
 
Ephesians 4:29
&
January 28, 2024
Happy where we are right now
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/happy-where-we-are-right-now.html
Ecclesiastes 3:22
Ecclesiastes 3
&
Edited January 28, 2024
New – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/new-v2.html
Ecclesiastes 3:11a
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Ecclesiastes 3
&
January 27, 2024
New
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/new.html
Revelations 21:5
2 Corinthians 5:17
Isaiah 43:19
Isaiah 65:17
Lamentations 3:22-23
Colossians 3:9-10
&
Edited January 27, 2024
Choosing to become clay – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/choosing-to-become-clay-v3.html
&
Edited January 27, 2024
God will make our way straight – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/god-will-make-our-way-straight-v2.html
January 27, 2024
God will make our way straight
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/god-will-make-our-way-straight.html
Proverbs 3:6b
God will make our way straight
Proverbs 3:5-6
Proverbs 3
&
January 27, 2024
In my weakness, in my doubting
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/in-my-weakness-in-my-doubting.html
Edited January 27, 2024
A prayer for Wisdom – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-prayer-for-wisdom-v2.html
January 27, 2024
A prayer for Wisdom
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-prayer-for-wisdom.html
James 1:5
James 1
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 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.
 
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our call to love trials – v2

The scripture counterintuitive
almost making no sense,
opaque to us, to reason,
the ways of the world,
our call to love trials,
times of struggle in this life.
 
We are called to vision,
to trust to have faith in God,
seeing the end results
the becoming of the beauty within
finding hope in the refining
shaping us on the Potter’s wheel.
 
We respond, through faith,
In abundance, our choices,
nothing but joy, appreciation,
thanking God for our trials,
the fire, the times of testing,
our struggles in this life.
 
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Edited January 28, 2024
our call to love trials – v2
 
January 28, 2021
our call to love trials
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/our-call-to-love-trials.html
&
January 28, 2024
Happy where we are right now
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/happy-where-we-are-right-now.html
Ecclesiastes 3:22
Ecclesiastes 3
&
Edited January 28, 2024
New – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/new-v2.html
Ecclesiastes 3:11a
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Ecclesiastes 3
&
January 27, 2024
New
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/new.html
Revelations 21:5
2 Corinthians 5:17
Isaiah 43:19
Isaiah 65:17
Lamentations 3:22-23
Colossians 3:9-10
&
Edited January 27, 2024
Choosing to become clay – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/choosing-to-become-clay-v3.html
&
Edited January 27, 2024
God will make our way straight – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/god-will-make-our-way-straight-v2.html
January 27, 2024
God will make our way straight
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/god-will-make-our-way-straight.html
Proverbs 3:6b
God will make our way straight
Proverbs 3:5-6
Proverbs 3
&
January 27, 2024
In my weakness, in my doubting
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/in-my-weakness-in-my-doubting.html
Edited January 27, 2024
A prayer for Wisdom – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-prayer-for-wisdom-v2.html
January 27, 2024
A prayer for Wisdom
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-prayer-for-wisdom.html
James 1:5
James 1
&
January 28, 2021
this now, this moment
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/this-now-this-moment.html
January 27, 2021
temporary, fleeting
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/temporary-fleeting.html
edited January 27, 2021
fear is a lie - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/fear-is-lie-v2.html
January 25, 2021
fear is a lie
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/fear-is-lie.html
merged January 25, 2021
at peace in these troubled times
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/at-peace-in-these-troubled-times.html
January 25, 2021
don’t let the storm define us
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/dont-let-storm-define-us.html
January 25, 2021
peace in these troubled times
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/peace-in-these-troubled-times.html
edited January 25, 2021
perfect love – 2 - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/perfect-love-2-v2.html
January 25, 2021
perfect love - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/perfect-love-2.html
January 25, 2021
let God in
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/let-god-in.html
January 25, 2021
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss/videos/10223389095383284
James 1:2-3
Joshua 1:9
Isaiah 41:10
Psalm 27:1
1 John 4:18
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 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.
 
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poem, poetry, Christ, God, Spirit, Holy Spirit, Pastor Ruth Foss, prayer, fear, courage, love,
 
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