The Lamb Climbing the Cross (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The unblemished lamb alone in the dark the Garden of Gethsemane The perfect sacrifice taking on our sin the bitter ...
Raymond A. Foss Poems on Perfection (68 Poems)
A Voice in the Light (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Blind in that moment but given new, perfect sight Saul heard a voice in the light calling him to repent ...
The Message Repeating (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The message repeating all through scripture from the beginning of the bible to the end of the age All about ...
The Shape of the Stone (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Turning the soil out in the garden out beyond the yard The shape of a stone a perfect valentine as ...
When all is revealed (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
As with the law when Christ came changing the covenant When the perfect comes all is revealed the little we ...
In Winter’s Grip (Raymond A. Foss Poems)
The world, all that I see in winter's grip, held tight the howling winds, the blowing snow all I see ...
Snowbound (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Within our houses the world around shut down nature bringing forth its wrath we are hunkered down the snow piling ...
Emmanuel (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
In the awakening the moving from Advent to Christmas the fact of the fulfillment Emmanuel born in Bethlehem God, come ...
One Sacrifice (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The priest, standing, for one time, one sacrifice approaching the cross, the altar rising on its wooden frame within the ...
Submission – haiku (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
perfect submission giving in to the father dying so we live October 27, 2009 (Raymond A. Foss)
Trust in God (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
She asked the children, "what do the flowers and the birds have in common?" a question for a lesson in ...
Seasons of Fire (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Our lives marked, recorded in moments of joy and in seasons of fire learning through our trials, through our struggles ...
Lilac Air (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Sweet, intoxicating, alluring spreading out onto the playground the bush changing the air soft, subtle, a presence lilac air at ...
In the Flames (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Our lives, changed, tested, melted, molded in the flames, in the struggles, in the challenges the heartache, in the trials ...
Fires of Life (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The scripture revealing, the fires of life, the refining fire of God the fires of the spirit, landing on us ...
The Image of a Journey (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
So many of the stories, the deep lessons of scripture so much a part of the human condition an image ...
The Source of the Healing (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The mighty name, the risen Lord Jesus the Christ, of Nazareth! the lamb, the perfect sacrifice Invoking his name alone ...
Equipped (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
We are all, each one of us, equipped by God for the call he has for us we do not ...
Pearls in the Evergreens (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Tiny, perfect pearls hovering on gossamer strands woven in the evergreens in front of the church this morning jewels of ...
By Human Hands (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Off the road, into the woods a makeshift lean-to fallen, dry, peeling bark a phalanx of dead pine saplings leaning ...
Captive Roses (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
beautiful, long stemmed, perfect blooms, captive blooms in the vases, of gifts of love from her, from me, from them ...
United Methodist History (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The saints before us, toiling in the vineyard out in the pastures, on the rocky mountains, in the villages and ...
A Lucky Day (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Three signs of completeness holy perfection, three sevens, month, day, year all aligned, all balances, sevens across the board What ...
The Works of the Law (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Living by the law, dying because of the failings impossibilities of perfection of never straying, never stumbling never faltering, even ...
Dew on the Tulip (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Perfect droplets cling to the purple skin the liquid flesh of the tulip bloom holding on, for moments more before ...
Balance Beam (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Scampering on the bar the rail at the top of the chain-link fence how agile seemed the runner the beam ...
It was the Leprechauns (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Perfect pitch, cadence, absolute astonishment, urgent forthright utterance from the mouth of the imp A quick realization by mom, jaw ...
Leaves of Ice (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A rhododendron bush after the ice storm evolving marvels leaves of ice mirror echoes of the green below separating, new ...
Perfection is a Rose (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A red, red rose, posing in the vase on the counter a reminder of the beauty of summer of the ...
In the Dark of Night (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
A small solitary island without television, phone without running water But it had the call of the loon the splash ...