Missing the green, I’ve become part of the monotone gray, silhouetted against a cloudy sky, my arms stretched, seeking the warmth of a distant sun, cold and weary as I wait for spring, walking among the leafless trees of winter. —C.L.Fisher, January 2022 Unless otherwise indicated, all writings and images are the work of C.L.Continue reading “Trees of Winter”
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Wellspring
Jacob’s well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime. — John 4:6, NLT Two words stare at me from my morning scripture reading: tired and wearily. Jesus is well acquainted with our lives, the daily difficulties, the simple truth that a body gets tired and needsContinue reading “Wellspring”
Intercession
“And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness….we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.” — Romans 8:26, NLT We sometimes settle into prayer so weary and worldly-weighted that our words puddle into a mush of syllables,Continue reading “Intercession”
A Simple Life
If we could pull ourselves out of our bone-weighted bodies, away from our masked faces and sanitized skin, and look down on this strange year 2020, what might that new perspective give to our spirit selves not bound to a weariness we drag behind us like millstones? Maybe we would remember the warm welcome ofContinue reading “A Simple Life”
Poetic Meanderings 