Curving toward the center

I have created you for success

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

I have created you for success:
not theirs
not yours
but mine

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In the presence of human love

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Relief: You will not try to turn me into a version of yourself!
I put down my sword
and my own heart opens

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Remembering the context

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

“Make a tunnel through the mountain of hardship and pain,” God says.
“That is hard to do,” I say.
“There are people who will follow you,” God says.

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The secret place

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Go, hide in your secret place
Go and be nourished

(Photo credit: Twisted Sifter)

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Internal stillness

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Not even the sound of water:
shafts of light frozen in the sky

(Photo credit: National Geographic)

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As God says, “Do not be afraid” again and again and again

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

It’s not, do not feel fear
but rather, do not serve it

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Digging in

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Digging in to find the joy
stubborn, adamant: there must be joy here
and then finding it

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The Fatigue Prayer

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Tiredness crawls beneath my eyelids
tightens my jaw:
O Lord, be with me now

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Togetherness

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

The dark is thick
so stick together
don’t go through the night alone

(Photo credit: Twisted Sifter)

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The end

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

O God my help, at first I flounder
but my screaming ends in you
so I follow my screaming to its end

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