Belief & Faith Poems (4926 Poems)
She is my treasure (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Funny, reading the title I just wrote, my wife, my best friend, knowing that she has read the lines of the devotionals too, the scripture the precious wisdom of the Lord shared with those first disciples where your treasure is, … Continue reading
In them I am rich (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
In them I am rich a wealthy man am I with my wife, my daughters a part of my life You have blessed me with the gift of these lives to share my own with them How changed am I … Continue reading
We were Hungry (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
(In the Crowd) We were so very hungry, for his message, hope and love hungry for food, there on the mountain yearning to hear him, his ministry throughout our land Our lives, struggling under the weight of Roman rule, another … Continue reading
Inside the Sanctuary (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The words, to share the good news too often spoke, too easily spoken more difficult to leave the sanctuary to put feet and hands, to the work to bring the message out into the world leaving the inside of the … Continue reading
Into the World (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
We are called, given our marching orders to leave our lives behind, to go into the world sharing the message of the Messiah, the risen Lord, walking with us, leading us by his example, into the world to bring hope, … Continue reading
the Way (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
a belief, a religion, defined in terms of journey in the path they were on, following a movement, following the master, still leaving all, changing their life’s course new wineskin, filled with new wine traveling the narrow way, the master … Continue reading
Deep Roots (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Deep roots, of faith anchoring our lives in the good soil, reaching down into the living waters fed by the creator, the sustainer our loving God; deep roots reaching out, stabilizing us, grounding us in study, in fellowship, indwelling relationship … Continue reading
I Am Who I Choose To Be (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A true statement, serious an accurate reflection of consequences the results of acts of free will Maybe a bit cursory, too summary this banner in the office vestibule A mantra perhaps too soon Would they really understand, comprehend adequately appreciate, … Continue reading
Sanctifying Grace (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Growing, living, acting out the grace, the faith that lives within us in piety, through study, by action a natural response to the grace so freely given Whether we have to go back to the start, to the grace waiting … Continue reading
Speaking of My Faith (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Sharing my story, of my faith of my epiphanies, or lack there of of a belief nurtured in youth, of straying returning home, through that church that community welcoming me, showing love for a widow, someone they did not know, … Continue reading