Tag Archives: abandon

Get ready your houses

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Get ready your houses for the one who is coming will ask you to stay: do not be attached to the placement of things for the one who is coming will re-arrange all © Meisaan Chan    

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Waterfall, II

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

It might be afraid to fall off the edge but its surrender is what makes it beautiful © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)  

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Step in

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Ignore anything that is not of me and I will show you who you are; wade deeper, my love be not afraid © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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First, the work of abandon

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

First, the work of abandon then, the gentle repose, as it should be – for the act of struggling is its own burden for the act of trusting is its own delight © Meisaan Chan

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Priorities

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Why spend so much energy protecting your life? For living is not the most important thing © Meisaan Chan

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The road ahead: a spirituality of openness

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

When God calls you to a spirituality of openness, it sounds nice but lived out, it requires dismantling all the walls that protect you and walking into true protection © Meisaan Chan

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Go ahead. Abandon.

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

  Go ahead. Abandon. Do not worry about losing yourself in me for all the lost shall be found and all the found shall be deeply claimed. Go ahead. Abandon.     © Meisaan Chan

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Live with open hands, says the Lord

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Live with open hands, says the Lord: If they give it, fine if they take it away, fine if you fight and win, fine if you fight and lose, fine; May the fire in your heart burn brightly but don’t … Continue reading →

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Progressively hard tasks

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

The first task is to listen the second task is to follow the third task is to let it go © Meisaan Chan    

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More important than having control

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  More important than having control is knowing when to relinquish it     © Meisaan Chan

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