to God the credit – v2

to God the credit

praise for everything

God’s hand on creation

the days of our lives

thanks on the journey

joy even in struggles

life ever richer

with Christ by our side

to God the credit

the praise forever

God sovereign over all

we worship, we pray

to God, the Creator,

we choose to follow

our Savior’s call

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edited October 9, 2014

to God the credit – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/to-god-credit-v2.html

October 9, 2014

to God the credit

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/to-god-credit.html

Ephesians 5:19 (NIV)

Ephesians 5:19-20

devotion “Knowing God”

devotion by Miyoko Hikiji

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http://www.allicouldbe.com/

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Upper Room Daily Devotional

for October 3, 2014

read October 8, 2014

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to God the credit

to God the credit

praise for everything

God’s hand on creation

the days of our lives

thanks on the journey

joy even in struggles

life ever richer

with Jesus by our side

-----

edited October 9, 2014

to God the credit – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/to-god-credit-v2.html

October 9, 2014

to God the credit

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/to-god-credit.html

Ephesians 5:19 (NIV)

Ephesians 5:19-20

devotion “Knowing God”

devotion by Miyoko Hikiji

https://www.facebook.com/MiyokoHikiji

https://twitter.com/MHikiji

http://www.allicouldbe.com/

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7010743.Miyoko_Hikiji

Upper Room Daily Devotional

for October 3, 2014

read October 8, 2014

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 32,710+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

A Cigarette Butt – v2

It was the incongruity

drawing my eyes, to focus,

the foreign color, out of place

no longer in the desert,

Iraq or Afghanistan, in country

sand camouflage on the Humvee

merging with me, on the city street

rimmed with dirty white

snow piles, days after the storm

He was in the Hummer

in my rearview

Guard fatigues, short, just-cut hair

A butt cupped, awkwardly

in his hand, as if

hiding the glowing tip

from sniper fire

outside the Green Zone

in downtown Baghdad.

I wonder if he knows

what it looks like, out of place,

to an observer, in the rearview.

Had he lived that life

when a dim cigarette ember

could have cost him his life?

Would he have to go back

for another tour of duty;

would it even matter anymore?

edited June 25, 2014

A Cigarette Butt – v2

March 7, 2008

A Cigarette Butt

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/03/cigarette-butt.html

Canal Street,

Manchester, NH

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A Cigarette Butt

It was the incongruity
the foreign color, out of place
sand camouflage on the Humvee
merging with me, on the city street
rimmed with dirty white
snow piles, days after the storm
He was in the Hummer
in my rearview
Guard fatigues, short, just-cut hair
A butt cupped, awkwardly
in his hand, as if
hiding the glowing tip
from sniper fire
outside the Green Zone
in downtown Baghdad.
I wonder if he knows
what it looks like
to an observer, in the rearview.
Had he lived that life
when a dim cigarette ember
could have cost him his life?
Would he have to go back?

March 7, 2008
Canal Street, Manchester, NH

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 30,710+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.