Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 26, 2009, 6:58 pm
A mirror on this age a call back to relationship our society teetering on the edge of the abyss Pride in ourselves in our own ability a screen masking the truth of the provision of God For it is the c...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 26, 2009, 6:58 pm
The words of Deuteronomy uttered with passion overlaid on our times a warning for this age as surely as for that time In this age of abundance in times of toil and strife turning to the Lord away fro...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 26, 2009, 6:57 pm
Hope, even within our sin grace, the faithfulness of God able to heal us all when we stray, when our pride gets in the way the steadfast love of God making for each of us a way to return to the Lord ...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 26, 2009, 6:55 pm
The ancient wisdom words so long ago calling us still to let go of the world returning to God Our whole selves the falseness of our time needing to turn our hearts only to the Lord November 26, 2009 ...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 26, 2009, 5:06 pm
Within our thanks giving our offering of praise thanks to our father who has given us so much humble penitence for our continuing in sin Forgetting our father the one who has given us all believing w...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 26, 2009, 5:05 pm
God, love, incarnate the birth of Christ his arrival, loving coming to earth no room in the inn, for the king laid in a manger bed an understanding of love in the humble birth the life, service, humbl...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 26, 2009, 5:03 pm
Rendering to Caesar what is Caesar’s; but no more. Rendering to God what is his alone all we are, all of our blessings in thanks giving may we remember taking time to slow and reflect on his wondrou...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 26, 2009, 5:03 pm
Out of their example a lesson in sharing nothing held back all together, held in common sharing to all with all, as they had need abundance give, shared one community, our church from the very begin...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 26, 2009, 5:00 pm
not to ourselves works of our hands we give our humble prayer as a people, a nation to God be our thanks for the abundance, the blessings of our land pausing in reverent thanks remembering God provid...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 26, 2009, 4:59 pm
We humbly bow thankful for his grace God’s boundless mercies while we were yet living in sin creating idols of our wealth still God provides his bounty do we praise offering a reverent thanks giving...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 23, 2009, 5:15 pm
not the religion, not the name we claim proof of our humanity, our belief in love in the way we life, in what we do how we walk on this earth humble, good to our neighbors reaching out to those in nee...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 23, 2009, 3:13 pm
nibbling, whittling cares of this earth echoing in our ears, the buzz, buzz remanding attention the tugging on our shirttails ever wanted more our lives, our hearts pulled in the distraction gnats of ...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 23, 2009, 2:50 pm
We, humankind footprints on the earth global consequences to our choices whether divinely made of cosmic dust coalesced into our shape footprints, in the ground, the water, the air rippling down thro...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 23, 2009, 1:52 pm
Stewards, noble, watching over not consumers, eating, using plunder, pillaging, rape the land, the earth, ours given to nurture and cherish so we must be, ever watchful, vigilant creation given a holy...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 23, 2009, 10:37 am
Pastor Ruth Foss Suncook UMC Sunday November 15, 2009 Luke 12:15-21 ESV Bible “I Want It All!” Reading from Luke 12:15-21 The Lord be with you And also with you Let us pray. . . Creator, sust...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 22, 2009, 8:29 pm
Not a Christian, not other label a disciple of Christ, in how we show love caring wholly, for the needs of another holding nothing back giving of ourselves caring for our brothers, our sisters for we ...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 22, 2009, 8:26 pm
An understanding of God essence of love all revealed in relationship; not in institutions, labels, rules, much more, more profound in relationship, caring, giving, offering oneself such is the underst...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 22, 2009, 4:08 pm
The love of self, of our earthly wealth a lie upon the earth creating a distance from the Lord veiled in flowery verse We are not made for the things that rust that wither and turn to dust a mighty ...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 22, 2009, 4:01 pm
Out of our lives, our abundance the gifts heaped upon us we give, we share out of your love abiding within our hearts The measure we receive, more than we can use for ourselves to be given to others ...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 22, 2009, 3:56 pm
not with money the measure we give that which we receive from the Lord so much more than this in our faithfulness, in our trust in God a bounty, a harvest life forevermore in believing in his provisio...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 22, 2009, 3:50 pm
The bounty, the sharing the giving from the creator my cup overflowing, the harvest the wonderment, beyond my comprehension a generous helping, more than I need given by God, to be shared, like the m...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 22, 2009, 3:20 pm
A state of mind a place in the sun thanksgiving, planted deep in my heart a spring overflowing abundance beyond measure more than I give grace on grace revealed the love of God in our harvest leading ...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 22, 2009, 3:04 pm
our possessions, our chains the shackles that we carry choices we have made within the lies of our society a corruption of the American dream happiness lost in the excess of wealth the drive to own an...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 22, 2009, 2:41 pm
as we prosper in the ways of the earth we gather a burden of things sapping joy from our lives leading to pain and sin driving us away from our kin our brothers and sisters alike taking us to exalt ou...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 22, 2009, 2:34 pm
in our world, the nation in our society, our hearts the possessions we own the things of this earth like chains around our souls hanging heavy on lives giving away our chains, a simpler life to live...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 20, 2009, 6:15 pm
Like your example, while you walked the earth faithfully following the will of the father humbly submitting to your holy purpose that we could live like you as well Doing the work of the kingdom sent ...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 20, 2009, 5:24 pm
without remaining blemish whatever our history the blood of Christ truly washing us free of our sin our lives, the world ever changed by his choice to go to the cross November 20, 2009 Revelations 1:...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 20, 2009, 5:21 pm
Like no other priest, no other king Christ walking, with us on the earth ancient, immortal, in heaven he reigns before Pilate answering his questions his identity made known On the earth a servant, fo...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 20, 2009, 12:48 pm
Within our shells, the mortal frame within which the spirit lives the hand, the breath the living God dwelling within us still Ever, since the beginning of time Man made in the image of God a piece of...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 20, 2009, 10:53 am
from the road, the bright white gate at the back of the field, nothing visible beyond in the new light after the rains of earlier this day held to the graying post, hanging on the hinges, the wires; o...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 20, 2009, 10:27 am
leaves of the reeds, the grasses paint peeling on the wet clapboards like the curl of the flat ribbon pulled by the blade of scissors wrapping a package in gold moving in the autumn breeze bathed in a...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 20, 2009, 7:51 am
white pine, oak, birch in the forest the leaves of the oak tree covering the ground driving from the school returning homeward wanting to stop and linger in the pine trees wet autumn wood calling me ...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 20, 2009, 7:46 am
above the bramble at the edge of the wood wet, morning, brilliant the cranberry, the color drawing my eyes Primrose berries, calling me to them wanting to reach, to touch their perfect beadwork the h...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 20, 2009, 7:45 am
ragged wool hanging the wet milkweed seeds tethered, connected moored in their pods tied still to the ground Hovering limp, heavy above the earth waiting for drying to give them flight, new birth Nov...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 20, 2009, 7:08 am
the fog rising from the skin of the lake joining my breath, visible, glinting in the early fall morning light melding, joining, dancing on the wings of the gossamer wind as if pulled by a string my ca...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 19, 2009, 11:52 am
In the early morning after the girls were safe at school the sun rising slowing over the autumn morn’ The bloom of milkweed pod seeds, shadows of gossamer down upon the garage wall November 19, 200...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 19, 2009, 11:34 am
The seduction of the season Christmas time of year ads on the TV, calling us to spend less that is true, but that misses the point the lesson in the scripture Buying more, accumulating, gathering in t...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 19, 2009, 11:12 am
Our thanks, our praise in God shall we rest; storing up in heaven not worried about our days here on earth below Trusting in God, he shall provide not trusting in ourselves the work of our human hand...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 19, 2009, 10:59 am
At our core, in our hearts our actions, our worries telling the truth of our faith in sabbath rest coming into your presence oh Lord, not just one day of the week trusting in you, in your provision in...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 19, 2009, 9:11 am
Not our barns, our silos; our cups overflowing with the bounty, the gifts of the Lord God’s provision more than enough an abundance of grace to share instead Our cupboards should be empty our hearts...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 19, 2009, 9:02 am
unlike the rich man who trusted in himself his ability to store for a rainy day gathering in things of this earth hoarding when he should give faith like the psalmist trusting in God in his provision...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 19, 2009, 8:58 am
Our cup overflowing God will provide our shepherd, our protector be no need to gathering in our call to give instead Trust in the Lord his way our one his life our model revealed not to go to the rugg...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 19, 2009, 8:48 am
The rich man blind, unable to see the world through the eyes of the psalmist trusting instead the things of the earth his prestige, his wealth, his possessions alone Holding onto when he should give g...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 19, 2009, 8:42 am
In his heart of hearts the holy of holies of his soul he did not trust the Lord; in himself alone Gathering in, ever more when he should be sharing his wealth; believing the psalmist, he would have ha...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 19, 2009, 8:34 am
His barns, his cupboard his house bulging, bursting more than enough, what he needed Gathered for a future but never satisfied his possessions ruling his heart, his soul and mind Consuming his vision ...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 18, 2009, 4:04 pm
God’s wisdom God’s nature layered, nuanced revealed slowing, patiently as we study his word listening for the song of God his spirit singing within us slowly, slowly adding the layers until we can...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 18, 2009, 1:56 pm

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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 18, 2009, 1:48 pm
standing when we should the world in the breach confronting the giant with our lives much that we can teach the lessons of David that day defiant before that man trusting in the Lord to ever guard hi...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 18, 2009, 1:06 pm
God’s mercy perfect surrender in the act of the son taking on our judgment so we would be spared our lives forgiven our way made straight His mercy taking our lash our pain, dying so that we may liv...
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Raymond Foss posted an article on Poetry Where You Live - Nov 18, 2009, 12:59 pm
Christ, choosing to submit to relinquish his heavenly throne coming to earth, living as a servant alone Giving up his independence by choosing to follow the master giving us a give beyond measure when...
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