Building the foundation of me

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

So many plans! says the Lord
Build them on the foundation of me
not on the foundation of you

– Meisaan Chan

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On efficiency

Posted on May 30, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Efficiency, when pushed,
strangles love

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Parable of the woman with glass shards

Posted on May 29, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

There once was a woman whose beloved vase fell and shattered. She gathered up the broken glass shards and clung to them, and her hands got cut and bled. Many people advised her to put down the shards, and every time upon hearing this, she gripped them even tighter.

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The gift of raw materials

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

My job is to give you the raw materials
but it is up to you to decide what to do with them


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I travel the world looking for my love

Posted on May 24, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

I travel the world looking for my love;
in airports, on the streets of Venice
I constantly refresh my browser, aching for just a glimpse of your face,
aching for the ways you bend delight into the curvature of my heart
and how nothing fits, nothing at all
nothing is solid, nothing at all
nothing satisfies, nothing at all
Where are you? I cry out,
stumbling over street curbs,
my heart in tatters from the wandering

© Meisaan Chan



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Strange safety

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Helplessness can be safe
being vulnerable can be safe –
it depends on who’s hands you’re in

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Parable of the child learning to walk

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

The kingdom of God is like a child learning to walk:
At first, she grasps at whatever is in reach, and if it is not solid, she falls.
Slowly, she learns what is solid and grasps only those things – except
when she forgets and grabs what is not solid, then again she falls.

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The slowness of awareness

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

How much quicker it would be to run through my life numb!
How much time it takes to be alive!

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God’s safety

Posted on May 17, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

God’s safety always includes death

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Trust me more, says the Lord

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Deepen into infinity –
do you really think that you’ve arrived?

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