creation – Page 8 – Poetic Meanderings

Kindled

When renewal dawns with the early sky in a blush of awakening, and the birds have cleared their voices and begun to sing a day’s new chorus, when I step out and stretch into the possibilities awaiting in the gift of hours, I am kindled into the fire of living, and I wonder how toContinue reading “Kindled”

First Light

The moment has arrived when the sun is close enough to rising that all the world is beginning to stir — the first bird calls, the fresh dew falls, and we begin our walk to find the first ray of sunshine. It is a good day to be alive on God’s good earth. —C.L. Fisher,Continue reading “First Light”

Things We Take for Granted

We took a walk, as we so often do, reflecting and dreaming as we wander around a neighborhood we know so well, same turns down the same streets. We know the houses, have our favorite trees, share nods with the few others who also traipse these paths, usually at the same crossways, but however theContinue reading “Things We Take for Granted”

Piercing

But He was pierced for our offenses,…. And by His wounds we are healed. — from Isaiah 53:5 I never knew a rose could bleed, that the pliant petals could be punctured by the thorns, and I wonder at the piercing love necessary for protection, so that the tender bud in beauty’s bloom unfolds. —C.L.Continue reading “Piercing”

Wild Beauty

These tiny dots of yellow, a tapestry at my feet, a woven mix of grass blades, green leaves, and sunny blooms, and occasionally, these knots of purple— my backyard quilt— and some would stand next to me and miss it, wonder about my sanity — no matter; you may cry out “Weeds” all the day,Continue reading “Wild Beauty”

Haven

Like palm groves that stretch afar, like gardens beside a river, like aloes that the Lord has planted, like cedar trees beside the waters. — Numbers 24:6, ESV A tree whispered as I passed by reminding me of his cool, green shade, the far- reaching branches, that filter our air, the canopy that provides shelterContinue reading “Haven”

Retreats

“Do you know what I think Mayflowers are, Marilla? I think they must be the souls of the flowers that died last summer, and this is their heaven.” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables A mighty peace I carry, images stitched together one memory at a time, calm places I go to when everythingContinue reading “Retreats”

Window to the Soul

The Lord is good to everyone. He showers compassion on all His creation. — Psalm 145:9, NLT This little heart, petals curled and one tear falling… imperfections becoming art. The beauty of the broken, the elegant “as is” acceptance, the grace given to all creation in the sumptuous truth of God’s good love — suchContinue reading “Window to the Soul”

Clarity

“I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.” ― Vincent Van Gogh Van Gogh knew the value of blue, the gift of sunny blooms, the elegant, refracted texture of light — and IContinue reading “Clarity”

This Life

Now you rise at the first chirping of the birds, but then all their sounds will grow faint. — Ecclesiastes 12:4 Tucked into the green, still so deeply enfolded, until your part on stage begins, a play in thee acts, the bud, the bloom, the fall back into humus. —C.L. Fisher, May 2021 Unless otherwiseContinue reading “This Life”