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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Fill My Cup Lord
What a gift we’ve been given in salvation, and what a blessing for us to have our cups filled through the mercy and grace of the Lord. When I think of my cup being filled, I can’t help but also think of Jesus’ prayer “Please take this cup of suffering away from me.” And yet…
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Curiosity
In our journey to know God more, an insatiable curiosity to learn and grow can simplify and deepen our faith as God reveals more and more of His mystery to us. I am so thankful for the curiosity I have now (hasn’t always been this way!) to dig into elements of faith, to understand it…
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Wisdom & Discernment
Here are just some of the things we need wisdom for – right focus; right attitude; right learning; right surroundings; right relationships; right choices; right steps. So thankful for the roadmap to wisdom that the Lord has given us in scripture! And grateful for the Lord’s patience as I learn and grow! “Wisdom & Discernment”…
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Your Love and Faithfulness
I see my life and my situation in so many of the Psalms. And the recurring theme for me is God’s love and faithfulness…always there…providing the desperately needed foundation to hang onto…inspiring the hope and trust to power through all that’s happening in life…giving the assurance of God’s promises and presence so we know we’re…
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!