I spent an hour snipping flower stems, hundreds of green stalks, some thick but tender and others thin and dense as sticks. I pulled out each bundle, released the most delicate from webbed coverings, and the room filled with a heavy floral scent. As I sat amid the profusion of hues, deep fuchsia, rich purple,Continue reading “Ever-Spring”
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Beautiful Ache
The Tension that exists when you have no child of your own, but you have wonderful children in your life; it is my thorn in the flesh, to have the love and relationship as an aunt, friend, teacher, but those titles, while blessed and meaningful, cannot replace the one name I will never hear whispered Continue reading “Beautiful Ache”
Fragrance
“But thank God! He has made us His captives and continues to lead us along in Christ’s triumphal procession. Now He uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume. Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God.” —2 Corinthians 2:14-15a, NLT Be still and know, like roses hold,Continue reading “Fragrance”
My Away
I couldn’t capture it before my commute, as the morning’s minutes ticked me to late; I wanted to bundle up the leftovers from a few years ago, some squandered or unwanted from another day, but time cannot be kept like a savings account. It swept me past noon, and as so many days before,Continue reading “My Away”
Stray
We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private; and therefore starved for mediation and true friendship.” — C.S. Lewis I stand amid the sleepy leaves dampened to a silver-green and the glistening stones scattered across the earth, and I see one tender flower, a stray from the field of others,Continue reading “Stray”
Joy-giver
For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. — Romans 14:27, NLT It is the smaller acts, the unexpected smile, a compliment, a moment of listening, a shared laugh, those little gifts thatContinue reading “Joy-giver”
Detached
“Flowers are the music of the ground. From earth’s lips spoken without sound.” — Edwin Curran I snipped green stems in angled lines, renewing the vein, a cut required for water, a temporary reprieve before the completion of certain decay. I photographed these charming blooms, profuse with color and releasing the heady aroma of florals,Continue reading “Detached”
Hallelujah
Breathing out these prayers within, my heart pulled in the taut ache of a soul aware of the smallness of self. I bend before You, settle at an alter call of humility, my face wet from the realization I can never wreck Your perfect love for me. —C.L. Fisher, August 2020 Unless otherwise indicated, allContinue reading “Hallelujah”
Sabbatical
Devote yourself to tending mercy, harvest a vibrant garden of growth; exile yourself on occasion to explore new ways of kindness, giving out without expectation of return; practice forgiveness with gentleness, thankful for the remission your own soul received; and blossom into the perpetual worship of surrendered living, loved by the King of kings. —C.L.Continue reading “Sabbatical”
Grappling Hours
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” — Psalm 147:3, NKJV In the predawn hours when only the first birds have begun to test their voices before the arrival of a full choir, I sit and ruminate life. In this dark hour You meet me with comfort only love can give, and IContinue reading “Grappling Hours”
Poetic Meanderings 