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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Threats
Challenges come in many forms, and we feel threatened in lots of ways. We can find comfort though in knowing that God is with us, for us, and will not fail us, and He is greater than anything that will ever come against us. In trusting through the threats and depending on God’s protection and…
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Open My Eyes
Though clearly seeing God’s faithfulness, I still have doubts, I still wonder if He is with me, I still fail Him miserably. And yet, each time I humbly approach and submit to Him, in some way He opens the eyes of my heart and shows me His presence. I’m thankful for that. “Open My Eyes“…
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Answers
We tend to be demanding of God, raising our prayers and expecting Him to answer based on what we want and the timing we prefer…our will be done instead of His will be done. But God’s timing is perfect, all working for good in accordance with His will. He wants us to trust Him with…
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Listen
I listen to the Lord much like I listen to others in life…sadly…by matching the words to what I want to hear or know, rather than truly embracing what is heard and faithfully wrapping my thoughts actions around those words. Listening now is truly different for me. “Listen“ I move ahead, my goals in mind,Listening…
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!