The deeper the spiritual gift

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

The deeper the spiritual gift
the more it is disguised

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Obedience to love

Posted on March 26, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Obedience to love:
Turmoil slackens, stills –
turmoil is not the master

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Vulnerability distinctions

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

There is the vulnerability of weakness
and the vulnerability of strength

There is involuntary vulnerability
and vulnerability fully chosen

There is the vulnerability that fragments
and the vulnerability that makes whole

There is a vulnerability that withers
and a vulnerability that gives life

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Do not companion the chaos

Posted on March 22, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

It will get worse, says the Lord:
Walk with me, do not companion the chaos

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You’re not done yet

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Just when you think you’re done
just when you want to celebrate the path long trod
you notice that the path
now obscured and faint, curves around a bend:
You’re not done yet

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Parable of the broken vase

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

The kingdom of God is like two women who each broke a precious vase. The first woman swept up the shards and threw them away. The second woman wept, then carefully glued the vase back together. It could no longer hold water, so the woman decided it would hold prayers instead and she made it the centerpiece of her house. Everyone who entered rejoiced that their prayers would be held, and the vase was filled to overflowing.

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Parable of the lonely woman

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Once, God appeared to a woman. “I am the Lord,” God said.

“You aren’t the Lord,” the woman replied. “I would recognize the Lord on sight.”

God appeared to a second woman. “I am the Lord,” God said.

“Not true,” she replied. “I would recognize the Lord on sight.”

God appeared to a third woman. “I am the Lord,” God said.

Now this woman had no friends and was very lonely. “I don’t know if you are the Lord or not,” she said. “But I’m lonely. Will you be my friend?”

“Of course,” God replied, and so they walked together.

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Glowing with sun

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

After three days of rain
the grasses glow with sun
and astonished, we look up

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A cry for help in the wilderness

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Help me, O Lord,
barricades in every direction;
the path has crumbled behind me
the path has crumbled before me
and to my sides the land burns:
Help me, oh God, I cry

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When in hardship

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

When in hardship,
so often you want to become even harder than the hardship
when the path is asking you to break open

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