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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Foundation
I love the ultimate stability and certainty we have through faith that anchors us in all situations as we continue building on the solid foundation He provides. For me, the building blocks of faith include trust, dependence, hope, love, perseverance, and more, all grounded on His words and reinforced in the examples we’ve been blessed…
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Before
Before time began, before the mountains rose, before we drew our first breath, God was! So hard to wrap my mind around that, but in faith, it’s easy to wrap my heart around it! With faith, we can trust that our eternal, faithful, loving God was there at the beginning, is here with us now,…
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Oh Well
We can shift from anxiety and worry to concern with conviction by saying and faithfully believing, “Oh Well”, knowing we’re not alone in this moment nor dependent on our own capabilities to get through whatever we may be facing. It’s not easy, though, releasing to the Lord the current situation and the outcomes that will…
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Only
Many times, when we look forward, we only see limits as to what can be achieved. God wants us to see things differently, not from our limits, but from His vast resource. Perceived limits give us opportunities to trust the Lord even more. Every challenge that we face gives us the opportunity to see beyond…
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!