Original Works
Discover Poems by Stan Fleming
A collection of heartfelt poetry created with the desire to have a deeper relationship with the Lord. Dive into poems that reflect Stan’s journey to know God more.
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The Week Before
I paused this week to focus on those days leading up to Calvary, thinking about what Christ was experiencing and feeling before going to the cross. I focused on what our Lord, His followers, and all those wanting a king to save them may have been thinking. As I revisited things I thought I knew,…
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By Faith Not By Sight
There are many moments in life when what we see or experience doesn’t seem to match what we believe…in those times, we can slip into doubt, confusion, or fear. But faith steadies us in that uncertainty. Faith doesn’t eliminate hardship, and it doesn’t mean everything will make sense. But faith does give us that deep…
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Scripture
What a gift we have in Scripture – history, truths, promises, guidance, affirmation, living examples, and so much more. One of the things I cherish the most is the transparency of God’s Word. We see flawed, hesitant, fearful, and even rebellious people being restored and used by the Lord for His purpose and plan. That…
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Urgency
I’ve spent a lifetime taking the Lord for granted…happily charging forward doing my own thing and then desperately seeking Him when things went wrong. I relied on myself until I couldn’t anymore, and my urgency in calling out to Him was tied directly to my level of despair at that time. But I know that’s…
The Creative Process
Each poem starts with an inspiration – could be a photo that triggers a thought, a thought that then matches to a photo, or a yearning from Scripture that then results in the pursuit of a photo that matches with it. Almost all result in deeper discovery about the precept of faith that emerges from the photo or thought.
Many of the core elements of faith end up in multiple inspirations and thus multiple poems as a result.
All of the poems are drafted and then set aside, and when I return to them, the inspiration from the beginning is either affirmed and the poem then finalized, or I’ll make significant edits based on where the Spirit leads me in that revisit.
I get great joy in the creation process, and I smile when I feel like the poem captures the thought put on my heart in the exact way I felt inspired with it.
That’s not always the case, but I love it when it happens that way!