Tag Archives: blindness

Parable of the woman and the bag of gold

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

There once was a woman who discovered a bag of gold and who ran through the streets with it shouting, “This is not gold! This is not gold!” © Meisaan Chan

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Comforting blindness

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

You are not supposed to see in the Deepif you can, you are not deep enough © Meisaan Chan

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The goal is not to know my will

Posted on January 3, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

You truly do not know my will, says the Lord,you who sees the speck –so the goal is not to know my willbut to do my willwhich can be done in blindness © Meisaan Chan

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When unbalanced

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Everything that doesn’t matter takes up so much space! – So you cannot see what does © Meisaan Chan

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Only when you ask

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

I do not direct your life, says the Lord – you do. I follow. Until that moment you ask me to lead – then I do. Then you follow. But I lead only when you ask. © Meisaan Chan

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To be forged

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

To be forged is to be shaped into the shape the Lord desires: Shape me then, Lord! What do I know? © Meisaan Chan

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Plan K

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

God often works through Plan B and even more often works through plan K © Meisaan Chan

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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 VeniceI constantly refresh my browser, aching for just a glimpse of your face, aching for the ways you bend delight into the curvature of my heartand how … Continue reading →

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Religious infighting

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

While the adults squabble the children walk away © Meisaan Chan

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The nature of holes

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

The more the holes, the slower the pace because you have to walk around because you keep falling in © Meisaan Chan

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