Praying with Job (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Hopefully not going as far as he did in the later chapters not pushing the creator so that He would ...
Poetry Poems (1966 Poems)
Comfort in His Story (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
If we slow our reading and treasure all the words learning from a righteous man who stumbled before God Taking ...
The Weight of the Paddle (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
I brought one of my canoe paddles to the poetry presentation at school passing it around in the classroom watching ...
The Sprigs of Lilacs (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The rose shears moving quickly I gathered the sprigs of lilacs from all over the yard Moving quickly to gather ...
Blue, not Purple (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The lilacs illumined in the morning sun hard to describe the color so soft, finely spun Blue, not purple like ...
Assured of Our Resurrection (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
If we believe follow the words of our faith honoring our savior loving walking in his steps Assured of salvation ...
By the Spirit’s Choosing – 2 (Raymond A. Foss Poems)
A knowing of our lives the talents and strengths our histories and beliefs guiding us from within By the spirit's ...
Within the maw of the oven (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Like looking inside a Faberge Like a living foundry of Hell the maw of the oven glowing orange and red ...
With Their Young Voices (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The stirring of emotion of the wisdom of the young recognizing the sacrifice of our sons and daughters of our ...
Whose Banner Are We Carrying (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
As we look at human history in every era, every nation each one claiming Christ as we went into battle ...
Her Blue Chair (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Dark arms of wood short legged, as we are sitting empty in the living room the place of her blue ...
to your cross (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Oh Lord, let me ever be mindful not the cross, but your cross that I approach, your cross that you ...
Inarticulate Longings (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
When words will not come unsure what to pray for save for, that your will be done Silent in praying ...
Words (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Words without rhyme or meter flowing out, into the ether stones cast, ripples on the waves out into the seas ...
Into Our Hands – V2 (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Creation, all that God created given to us, placed into our hands to be cherished and cared for each of ...
my clay still wet (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
ever may I be able to proclaim my clay still wet still sitting on the potter's wheel feeling the touch ...
Days Flying By (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
In the rush of the world the busy, taking time days flying by, panic caught in the whirlwind Needing to ...
Whole salad of life (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Not just one thing all of it connected all important the whole salad of life Our faith, our work family ...
The Betrayer Prowling the Night (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
In the darkness, the garden the betrayer prowling the night time running down praying, sleep heavy staking the garden the ...
A Chance Meeting (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Not knowing him well enough unable to call him irascible, a fire in his belly, certainly gregarious in the smile ...
A Calling to Write (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Not oblique, something unclear not with words grandiose a calling to write clear and terse Poetry, beauty in the straightforward ...
The Granary (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
I met evil, coming inside from the bright summer day on the Vineyard, so long ago His eyes full of ...
In Ripples, Greater (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Each of these words poems, and their beauty stones into the waters given back to the sea In ripples, their ...
Centering (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Within the rock, the fortress of the Lord stillness, comfort all my parts restored my mind, my spirit lifted up ...
That place of strength (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
From the Lord, my rock that place of strength, that reserve, on which I can trust Able, with him alone, ...
Within the walls of our comfort (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
even when we are wet sitting in the boat the winds, the waves crashing Christ calling us to the water ...
A Walled City (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Thinking of the walls the stones we use within these walls individual cities fortresses of stone walled off from our ...
Stones around our hearts (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A people separated each one of us alone believing in ourselves more than in our togetherness Forgetting the words of ...
Within these Walls (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Our lives alone, apart separately live out within these walls of stone no others can get in The psalm, the ...
Strangers No More (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Christ entering in when we answer the door allow him into our hearts Walking with us all of our days ...