Master Designer

Here in God's cauldron the pain is real

In this furnace I am undone

Disintegrated by the ordeal

I look for an out but there’s none

Here on the holy potter’s wheel

I understand I am but clay

Wedged by His hands my cruft to reveal

Impurities taken away

The master designer, the artist supreme

Knows what it takes to transform a heart

For this child of dust to become what God deems

He puts together what He takes apart

Until I am His work of art

Here on God’s anvil I am being shaped

But first I must be deformed

From His holy hammer there is no escape 

Being Forged until I am conformed

Here in the sculptor’s atelier

I’m Enduring the chisels blows

What doesn’t conform will be chipped away

Till the image he conceived is exposed

The master designer, the artist supreme

Know what it takes to transform a heart

For this child of dust to become what God deems

It must be first be broken apart

Until I am His work of art

July 14, 2025

Anthony Foster

Raging Lies

Strong drink is a mocker

Liquor is a raging lie

Whoever is deceived

Thereby is not wise

With the power to enslave

It seduces the fool

Who mocks virtue with scoffing

It becomes the devil’s tool

They stare into their strong drink

So smoothly it goes down

Then it bites like a snake

And by it they are bound..

Strong drink is a mocker

Liquor is a raging lie

Whoever is deceived

Thereby is not wise…

Proverbs 20:1-4, 23

July 13, 2025

Anthony Foster

Furrows of Faith

Set your hand to the plough

Till that soil of your garden now

Neither looking left nor right

And press on in God’s glorious light

Now plant a seed in the furrows of faith

And the Lord will rain down His grace

And holiness will increase

The fruit of His righteous peace

And a harvest of love will take place

So do the work and wait on the Lord

Soon you’ll see what the labor was for

In due time the harvest will grow

And you will reap far more than you sow

So plant a seed in the furrows of faith

And the Lord will rain down His grace

And holiness will increase

The fruit of His righteous peace

And a harvest of love will take place

So plant a seed in the furrows of faith

And the Lord will rain down His grace

And holiness will increase

The fruit of His righteous peace

And a harvest of love will take place

Luke 9:62; Matthew 13:19-23, 

Mark 4:14-20, and Luke 8:11-15

July 14, 2025

Anthony Foster

To Live is Christ

Painted this when I was 15

To live is Christ, to die is gain

This is the truth, pure and plain

He died for us, so we who live

Might fully live the life He gives

If we save our life we’ll lose it 

If we lose our life we’ll find it

If it’s lost for Jesus’ sake 

A new life He will surely make.

He is no fool who pays the cost

To gain what cannot e’re be lost

The perfect pearl  of matchless price

The treasure  of new life is Christ

To be ready to endure

What will truly make us pure

Let us surrender to God’ will

Then our life will be fulfilled

Not in self preservation

Will we show our salvation

But in self sacrifice

To take up our cross and follow Christ

He is no fool who pays the cost

To gain what cannot e’re be lost

The perfect pearl  of matchless price

The treasure  of new life is Christ

Matthew 10:39, Matthew 16:24-25, 

Mark 8:34-35, and Luke 9:23-24

2 Corinthians 5:15

July 6, 2025

Anthony Foster

River of Love

There’s a place where grace flows freely

It streams down from above

And faith presses toward that current

Surging in the river of love

The force of it will move us out

From the place  we’re fondest of

To risk it all and embrace

The raging river of love

So for those who have a hunger 

And a holy appetite

You only can be satisfied 

When you yield to the river’s might

The river it is restless

And it’s course runs deep and wide

It propels us to lonely places

Where the least of these abide

So push into the current

Where God’s grace freely flows

For love’s a raging river

Only God knows where it goes

Yes, push into the current

Where God’s grace freely flows

For love’s a raging river

Only God knows where it goes

July 13, 2025

Anthony Foster

In the Presence of the Lord

Lord if I would seek joy, You are the source,

So I’ll not seek earthly treasure

If I first seek the kingdom, then in due course

All things will be added without measure

In your presence there is fullness of joy

You protect and You provide

My hope is secure

For your presence endures

Forever in my heart you abide

True joy and fulfillment are found in You

All pleasures are at your right hand

Everlasting blessing, yea, all that is true

So boldly in your presence I’ll stand

You dwell with me in the secret place

You have entered my heart to reside

I am hid with Christ in the God of Grace

In the shadow of your wings will I hide

In your presence there is fullness of joy

You protect and You provide

My hope is secure

For your presence endures

Forever in my heart you abide

Psalm 16:11; John 14:21, 23

Colossians 3:3; Psalms 17:8, 57:1, 91:4.

May 28, 2025

Anthony Foster

The Pit

What a tangled web we weave

When first we practice to deceive

Deception’s cost may be unclear

But lies will never persevere.

Oh when the truth becomes cheap

The hole you dig will become deep

Escape is futile and hell bent

'Til repentance is heaven sent.

But There is no Pit so Deep 

That He is Not Deeper Still

Saver of Souls will keep

You in the Father’s will

For He will lift your feet

Up from the miry clay

He’ll set you on the rock

And on the Rock you will stay

In the pit is danger and despair

Life will throw you in and leave you there

But there is hope of rescue

When redemption comes to you

For There is no Pit so Deep 

That He is Not Deeper Still

Saver of Souls will keep

You in the Father’s will

For He will lift your feet

Up from the miry clay

He’ll set you on the rock

And on the Rock you will stay

Psalm 40:2; Proverbs 26:27

Psalm 69:2,14

July 6, 2025

Anthony Foster