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Category Archives: Poetry
Even clouds are busy
Even clouds are busy rushing by, nothing takes time for stillness © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged busyness, contemplation, medita, quiet, schedule, stillness, stress
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Priorities
Why spend so much energy protecting your life? For living is not the most important thing © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged abandon, humility, meek, priorities, self-protection, surrender, survival, trust
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The clarity of nothing
Who we expect God to be and where we expect God to show up – it all places limits on our vision © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged blindness, formless, idol, nothing, unknown, vision, worship
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Rigid definitions
Rigid definitions build a brittle house © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged flexibility, inflexibility, suppleness, surrender
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Treatment
If they drape you in robes it means nothing; if they nail you to a cross it means nothing; your value does not fluctuate – it is a granite rock © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged humility, independence, praise, Way of Jesus
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Winter haiku
Heavy snow gathers tree limbs sink down, then bounce back snow explodes, tumbles © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged contemplation, meditation, resilience, snow, trees, winter
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Layers, peeled back
Silence peels back the layers so you can hear your voice some shudder at this, some rejoice © Meisaan Chan
How can suffering be part of the plan?
“It wasn’t,” God says, tending to my wounds, “but now it is.” © Meisaan Chan
An altar is built
when you try to fill the emptiness with something besides me © Meisaan Chan
Curving toward the center 