Courage: from the Latin root ‘cor’ meaning heart What story dwells just inside your chest, pushing against your ribs, making it hard to breathe in, gnawing at you to speak it out? We were made to communicate, exhale the who of ourselves, relate through our stories, for the speaking changes everything. Lean in and attend,Continue reading “Courage”
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Faces
The deep dimple in the chin, the curve of a lip, the dark lashes that offset the eyes, the angle of a nose and cheekbones — it is remarkable how a few variations make for so many individual faces, that and an ineffable quality that each soul adds — faces are simply a marvelous workContinue reading “Faces”
Unfettered
“….Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on…” —from Philippians 3:13-14, NLT Release, relinquish, with palms open — What do you hold so tightly you are bound in place, held, imprisoned? Sometimes what we surrender is as important as what we embrace. Search your heart for chains — What binds youContinue reading “Unfettered”
Grace Rolling in Like Waves
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll; whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, it is well, it is well with my soul. — Horatio G. Spafford, 1873 There are those moments when you bathe in humility, not the kind that stings because you are embarrassed,Continue reading “Grace Rolling in Like Waves”
Redemptive House
In the gray places of my soul before I even know to call out, He is there. In the wrestling hour of night, the nudging that keeps me unsure, those times my mind cannot control the volume of thought, when the wave upon wave of incessant uncertainty pounds me to a shallowness I can stillContinue reading “Redemptive House”
Faith
A beseeching of our souls in a ceaseless, lovely ache like the hypnotic quiver of aspen leaves or the bright intonation of bells, a resonant, wistful impulse to surrender ourselves to Him. C.L. Fisher, August 2020 Unless otherwise indicated, all content, including writing and images, are the work of C.L. Fisher and may not beContinue reading “Faith”
Soli Deo Gloria
All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. –Ephesians 1:3, NLT If my soul could be set in staff, the notes and rhythms of my heart recorded just when the stings of emotion pullContinue reading “Soli Deo Gloria”
Silence
We might avert our eyes when uncomfortable with another or simply turn away instead of engaging certain people. We may let the day’s inconveniences keep our smile tucked away and our solemn face becomes our only language. We might miss a need another soul has for connection because of fear or indifference or some divisionContinue reading “Silence”
The Root
“Then Christ will make His home in your hearts as you trust Him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong.” — Ephesians 3:17, NLT The root fixes itself into the soil, imbibes the rich humus, impressing itself further, deeper, establishing a home, a tap line and other finer branches, veinsContinue reading “The Root”
Lonely As
“I am like an owl in the desert, like a little owl in a far-off wilderness. I lie awake, lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.” — Psalm 102:6-7 There are those times of deep introspection, a brooding season of the soul, those sojourns we must take when life becomes heavy, our path boggedContinue reading “Lonely As”
Poetic Meanderings 