Enough is Abundance – v3

Having just what we need,
in this time, this moment,
not more than Enough,
but Enough is Abundance…
 
A different way of thinking,
of seeing the Glass as it is,
pouring out a Blessing,
meeting our Daily Needs…
 
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Edited February 3, 2024
Enough is abundance – v3
 
February 3, 2024
We serve a God of abundance
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/we-serve-god-of-abundance.html
edited April 20, 2022
Enough is Abundance – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/enough-is-abundance-v2.html
April 20, 2022
Enough is Abundance
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/enough-is-abundance.html
Matthew 6:11
“Give us this day our daily bread”
part of the Lord’s Prayer
April 20, 2022
Be thankful for your life, your body
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/be-thankful-for-your-life-your-body.html
edited April 20, 2022
An Attitude of Gratitude – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/an-attitude-of-gratitude-v3.html
April 20, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5036791513068372/
care for your mind, body, spirit
&
edited April 19, 2022
An Attitude of Gratitude – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/an-attitude-of-gratitude-v2.html
April 19, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5034217613325762/
people in our lives
&
April 18, 2022
In Jesus’ name, Amen
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/in-jesus-name-amen.html
the end of our prayers
&
April 18, 2022
An Attitude of Gratitude
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/an-attitude-of-gratitude.html
April 18, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5031713840242806
 
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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We serve a God of abundance

We serve a God of abundance,
of holiness, of mercy,
offering us grace after grace,
When we deserve the pit…
 
We serve a God of abundance,
of infinite second-chances,
offering us grace after grace,
When we deserve the pit…
 
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Edited February 3, 2024
Enough is abundance – v3
 
February 3, 2024
We serve a God of abundance
 
edited April 20, 2022
Enough is Abundance – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/enough-is-abundance-v2.html
April 20, 2022
Enough is Abundance
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/enough-is-abundance.html
Matthew 6:11
“Give us this day our daily bread”
part of the Lord’s Prayer
April 20, 2022
Be thankful for your life, your body
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/be-thankful-for-your-life-your-body.html
edited April 20, 2022
An Attitude of Gratitude – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/an-attitude-of-gratitude-v3.html
April 20, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5036791513068372/
care for your mind, body, spirit
&
edited April 19, 2022
An Attitude of Gratitude – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/an-attitude-of-gratitude-v2.html
April 19, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5034217613325762/
people in our lives
&
April 18, 2022
In Jesus’ name, Amen
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/in-jesus-name-amen.html
the end of our prayers
&
April 18, 2022
An Attitude of Gratitude
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/an-attitude-of-gratitude.html
April 18, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/5031713840242806
 

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.

 
poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, attitude, gratitude, abundance, thanks, prayer, law of attraction, praise, worship,
 
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In the silence of the trees #prayer

In the silence of the trees,
in their stillness, looking skyward,
listening in my watching, seeking,
yearning for conversation, in prayer,
Speaking, open to God…
 
Yet, I still feel myself distracted,
I need to walk even more slowly,
to listen even more deeply
in the stillness of these moments
Raising my heart skyward…
 
In the silence of the trees,
I sense the vastness, the majesty,
of Your beauty, of creation,
I long to be your Servant,
Speak to me Lord, now…
 
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February 3, 2024
In the silence of the trees
 
Edited February 2, 2024
In Prayer, Discernment – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/in-prayer-discernment-v2.html
&
Edited January 26, 2024
I lift my eyes up to the heavens – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/i-lift-my-eyes-up-to-heavens-v2.html
Edited January 26, 2024
Longing for meaning – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/longing-for-meaning-v2.html
January 26, 2024
Longing for meaning
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/longing-for-meaning.html
Mark 8:36
January 25, 2024
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
&
“The Road Not Taken”
https://www.poetryverse.com/robert-frost-poems/the-road-not-taken
By Robert Frost
&
January 25, 2024
I lift my eyes up to the heavens
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/i-lift-my-eyes-up-to-heavens.html
Psalm 121:1-4
Psalm 123
Psalm 123
&
Edited January 24, 2024
clothe me with joy – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/clothe-me-with-joy-v2.html
January 24, 2024
clothe me with joy
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/clothe-me-with-joy.html
Psalm 30:5
For God’s anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.
Psalm 30
 
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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In Prayer, Discernment – v2

In the quiet of my spirit,
bowing my head, silently,
no words audible, spoken,
praying to You in the quiet
in the stillness of my soul…
 
Finding You there, in the stillness,
waiting ever for me, patiently,
in the quiet presence
away from the day to day…
 
Speaking when I am open,
to Your presence, my worship,
in my prayer, discernment,
receptive to Your word, oh God,
Speak, Lord, I am listening…
 
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Edited February 2, 2024
In Prayer, Discernment – v2
 
June 15, 2010
In Prayer Discernment
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/06/in-prayer-discernment.html
quote by Rose Mary Dougherty, page 30,
Alive Now Daily Reflections
http://alivenow.upperroom.org/daily-reflections/daily-reflections-for-may-17-23/
for May 17, 2010 to May 23, 2010
by Nancy Ferguson (You can visit her website at www.BlueTreeResources.org)
for May 18, 2010
read June 15, 2010
&
1 Kings 19:1-15a
and
http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/description.asp?item_id=645177&whichBarItem=excerpt&category=&sub_category=
Upper Room Disciplines for 2010
for June 14, 2010 to June 20, 2010,
“Divine Communion, Divine Community”
by Karla Kincannon
for June 15, 2010
read June 15, 2010
&
1 Kings 19:1-15a
and
http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/description.asp?item_id=645177&whichBarItem=excerpt&category=&sub_category=
Upper Room Disciplines for 2010
for June 14, 2010 to June 20, 2010,
“Divine Communion, Divine Community”
by Karla Kincannon
for June 14, 2010,
read June 14, 2010
 
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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We are there - #baseball #MLB #photography #painting

We are there, present,
Holding the heavy cameras
Looking through the lenses
Trying to get the shot.
 
We are in the moment,
The roar of the crowd around us
Standing in foul territory
Trying to get the shot.
 
We are there, present,
At the stadiums, the parks,
With the fans, the players,
Trying to get the shot.
 
We are in the moment
Seeking to freeze the action
We are with our heroes
Trying to get the shot.
 
We are there, present,
Though generations later
Seeing through the paintings
That they go the shot…
 
---------------  
February 2, 2024
We are there
 
Edited February 2, 2024
A different palette – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-different-palette-v3.html
Edited February 2, 2024
A different palette – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-different-palette-v2.html
February 2, 2024
A different palette
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-different-palette.html
Edited February 1, 2024
Painting in shades of light – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/painting-in-shades-of-light-v2.html
Edited February 1, 2024
Painting eternity, icons – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/painting-eternity-icons-v3.html
Edited March 25, 2023
Painting eternity, icons – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-eternity-icons-v2.html
Adding stanza 2
March 24, 2023
Painting eternity, icons
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-eternity-icons.html
March 23, 2023
Painting in shades of light
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-in-shades-of-light.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, 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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A different #palette – v3 #baseball #painting #MLB

A different palette, different brushstrokes,
Not merely the three primary colors,
Those on the color wheel only, drawing,
Painting something more important, willing,
Colors of history, of time, of nostalgia, of memory,
From our perspective, our collective ethos,
From our one story, our common ken, to life.
 
Delicately brushing grains of history on the canvas,
Adding memory of the fans, the nation,
Capturing a moment, perfection…
Affixing more than their features,
Something of the power, the gravitas,
Willing the hesitant colors to become permanent,
Evoking mystery, capturing light in a bottle, a spark.
 
Bleeding nostalgia, importance, these colors,
Our heroes, a different moment, a time,
Our country’s history, our youth,
What we would wish it to be,
When we all played the same game,
Drawn from the palette, a wooing,
A willing of the images to come alive…
 
---------------  
Edited February 2, 2024
A different palette – v3
 
Edited February 2, 2024
A different palette – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-different-palette-v2.html
February 2, 2024
A different palette
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-different-palette.html
Edited February 1, 2024
Painting in shades of light – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/painting-in-shades-of-light-v2.html
Edited February 1, 2024
Painting eternity, icons – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/painting-eternity-icons-v3.html
Edited March 25, 2023
Painting eternity, icons – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-eternity-icons-v2.html
Adding stanza 2
March 24, 2023
Painting eternity, icons
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-eternity-icons.html

March 23, 2023

Painting in shades of light
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-in-shades-of-light.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, 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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A different #palette – v2 #baseball #painting

A different palette, different brushstrokes,
Not merely the three primary colors,
Those on the color wheel only, drawing,
Painting something more important, willing,
Colors of history, of time, of nostalgia, of memory,
From our perspective, our collective ethos,
From our one story, our common ken.
 
Delicately brushing grains of history on the canvas,
Adding memory of the fans, the nation,
Capturing a moment, perfection…
Affixing more than their features,
Something of the power, the gravitas,
Willing the hesitant colors to become permanent,
Evoking mystery, capturing light in a bottle, alive.
 
Bleeding nostalgia, importance, these colors,
Our heroes, a different moment, a time,
Our country’s history, our youth,
What we would wish it to be,
When we all played the same game,
Drawn from the palette, a wooing,
A willing of the images to come alive…
 
---------------  
Edited February 2, 2024
A different palette – v2
 
February 2, 2024
A different palette
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-different-palette.html
Edited February 1, 2024
Painting in shades of light – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/painting-in-shades-of-light-v2.html
Edited February 1, 2024
Painting eternity, icons – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/painting-eternity-icons-v3.html
Edited March 25, 2023
Painting eternity, icons – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-eternity-icons-v2.html
Adding stanza 2
March 24, 2023
Painting eternity, icons
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-eternity-icons.html
March 23, 2023
Painting in shades of light
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-in-shades-of-light.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, 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.
 
poetry, painting, art, nature, baseball, photography, face, portrait painting, light, sunshine, Graig Kreindler, palette, colors, color, heroes, icons, national pastime, memory, nostalgia, eternal,
 
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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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There is no such thing as a small thing

Each of us are called to do our part,
We each share a purpose, gifts,
whether we think it is small or large;
There is no such thing as a small thing
in the service of God.
 
In sharing God’s message, His love,
the grace of the Father
His gift sending us His Son;
Each of us is a part of the body,
of the love of God come down.
 
We each can contribute, to lift up,
our neighbors, the strangers,
all of us are called to serve the Lord;
There is no such thing as a small thing
in the service of our God.
 
-----------------
Edited February 2, 2024
There is no such thing as a small thing
 
February 1, 2012
no such thing as a small thing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/02/no-such-thing-as-small-thing.html
Worship Theme – “The Nature of Authority”
Mark 1:21-28 (NRSV)
1 Corinthians 8:1-14 (NRSV)
Deuteronomy 18:15-20 (NRSV)
Call to Worship (Psalm 111:1-3, 10)(NRSV)
Unison Prayer
Prayer of Dedication (GBOD (Mark 1:21-28))
and sermon, “The question of Authority”
by Pastor Ruth Foss
http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss
http://www.ahandmaidenofthelord.blogspot.com  
http://pastorruth.posterous.com/  
A Handmaiden of the Lord
http://www.suncookumc.org  
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
January 29, 2012
 
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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A different #palette

A different palette, not primary colors,
Those on the color wheel only…
Painting something more important,
Colors of history, of nostalgia, of memory,
From our perspective, our collective ethos.
 
Delicately brushed on the canvas,
Capturing a moment, perfection…
Affixing more than their features,
Something of the power, the gravitas,
Willing the colors to become permanent,
Capturing light in a bottle, alive.
 
Our heroes, a different moment,
Our country’s history, our youth,
What we would wish it to be,
Drawn from the palette, a wooing,
A willing of the images to come alive…
 
---------------
February 2, 2024
A different palette
 
Edited February 1, 2024
Painting in shades of light – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/painting-in-shades-of-light-v2.html
Edited February 1, 2024
Painting eternity, icons – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/painting-eternity-icons-v3.html
Edited March 25, 2023
Painting eternity, icons – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-eternity-icons-v2.html
Adding stanza 2
March 24, 2023
Painting eternity, icons
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-eternity-icons.html
March 23, 2023
Painting in shades of light
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-in-shades-of-light.html
 
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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.
 
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Edited January 27, 2024
Choosing to become clay – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/choosing-to-become-clay-v3.html
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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
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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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You don’t have to be Perfect

An affirmation, in the way of Mary…
You don’t have to be perfect,
You just have to be honest, truthful,
You can hope, you can dream,
Aspiring for the golden ring, living,
Loving as you are able, happy,
Loving yourself in the first instance,
Believing that you are here for a reason,
That you are enough, perfect as you are.
Believe, have faith in yourself, in your worth,
That you have a calling, a purpose,
A reason for walking on this earth.
Life can move so quickly, overwhelming,
Our experiences, our memories not always fleeting,
Finding ourselves out in the open, in the wild,
Seeking our place in nature, in conversation,
With plant elders, the fields, the forests,
In the moving of the celestial tides…
 
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February 2, 2024
You don’t have to be Perfect
 
a prayer of affirmation
an after-poem, in homage to, in conversation with,
inspired by, modeled on Mary Oliver’s poem,
Wild Geese
 
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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Painting in shades of light – v2

Painting in shades of light...
not merely in hue, in color,
trying to capture the memory,
the warmth of mid-summer.
 
Painting in shades of light...
a daunting proposition,
seeking to capture the image,
the truth before our eyes.
 
Painting in shades of light...
to gather features, meaning,
to honor the work of others,
who capture light in a bottle.
 
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Edited February 1, 2024
Painting in shades of light – v2
 
Edited February 1, 2024
Painting eternity, icons – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/painting-eternity-icons-v3.html
Edited March 25, 2023
Painting eternity, icons – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-eternity-icons-v2.html
Adding stanza 2
March 24, 2023
Painting eternity, icons
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-eternity-icons.html
March 23, 2023
Painting in shades of light
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-in-shades-of-light.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, 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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