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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Requirements
It’s easy to complicate faith…to pile on expectations that God never asked of us…to make it about checking boxes and striving to be “good” rather than simply submitting and then acting with a heart that’s been transformed by the Lord. Thankfully, His Word gives us a simple, clear list of what God actually requires: “Requirements”…
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My Prayer
I pause and pray so much more today than in the past, to address my anxiety, to share my burdens, to ask for guidance, to seek God’s will, or just to share my joy. In that time of prayer, in knowing that I’m not alone and in believing that my hope and strength come from…
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Qualified
I stepped back just recently from the things I’ve spent a lifetime trying to be good at, because I felt the Lord asking me to focus on Him this time. The enemy immediately attacked with, “Why in the world would you think you are qualified to do that”, which hit right at the heart of…
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My Rock
In a world with so much hysteria and uncertainty, we can step forth with trust and confidence, knowing we have refuge and strength in our Rock, knowing we have the certainty in Jesus that we long for, and knowing that God is with us and for us in whatever we may face: “My Rock” He…
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!