faith – Page 10 – Poetic Meanderings

Before Dusk

You caught my eye, this slight movement as I watched the sun’s long-lingering rays, slant shafts of yellow layering between shadows beginning to rise…. And I wondered why — you had such a cozy bed, a home of nutrients and shade, so why are you inching up this brick, away from the silken petal ofContinue reading “Before Dusk”

Distant Light

…the evidence of things not seen. — Hebrews 11:1 I look long into the sky, peering into blue-gray clouds, straining to see past the nebulous, thick layer into calm space, so wanting to see the flicker-lit night, the distant light that happened in the past, memory from another day, and I find on this nightContinue reading “Distant Light”

Cornerstone

The petals so saturated by the vibrancy of red rested on the cool rock nestled near the garden’s edge, symbiotic beauty, silk on stone, like our own fragile hearts held by God’s love alone. —C.L. Fisher, April 2021 Unless otherwise indicated, all content, including writing and images, are the work of C.L. Fisher and mayContinue reading “Cornerstone”

Anchor

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil,…” —Hebrews 6:19, NAS Our souls need the heft, something to hold us in place, some kind of fixing force that keeps us from swaying, a tangible preponderance of certainty, a degree ofContinue reading “Anchor”

Times Slows

The mellow music of the cello keeps time to the flicker of our candle, the undulating flame a reminder of the sun, the fire of our closest star. I am overwhelmed by a sense of remoteness in the gray of this return of winter, a bleakness that feels heavy, that reminds me of all theContinue reading “Times Slows”

Brief

“Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered—how fleeting my life is. You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best, each of us is but a breath.” —Psalm 39:4-5,Continue reading “Brief”

Perfecting Faith

I feel as if we have met the saturation point, no one more thing can be added, no grief, no illness, no tragedy, no protest, no shortage — we have reached the point of not being able to hold one more hard thing, but this is life — death and calamity and everyday difficulties areContinue reading “Perfecting Faith”

Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum*

(*Footprints do not go backwards) My eyes rest forward settling on a limitless horizon immense before me; I’ve stumbled and crawled– my knees buckled — fallen flat-out — my face to dirt — and defiantly laid myself down idle by the wayside, just watching the world pass by, but in the stillness resides patience, the EternalContinue reading “Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum*”

Thanks

“Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!” — Psalm 107:31, NKJV A gratitude must begin with a humility in recognition of the Giver of the gifts, the Provider of our needs. How does that thanksgiving manifest? In words, prayers, actsContinue reading “Thanks”

A Grateful Love

Love that suspends ego, lets go the bitter renderings of past wrongs, forgives seven times and then seventy times seven more. Love that covers others with mercy — clothing, feeding, sheltering those with needs even to the point of sacrifice. Love that listens to the grief, holds vigil during times of illness and death, andContinue reading “A Grateful Love”