Tag Archives: body
Break this death
My body fears me and I fear my body: Break this death, O Lord © Meissan Chan
Focus of the body, focus of the mind, focus of the spirit
The spirit is a delicate thing: Without sleep, focus of the spirit is the first to go © Meisaan Chan
A bathtub prayer
As I ease into the water, soak into me, relieve my tension-holding; let it ebb out so I can hear your voice so I can hear mine so I can breathe in silence, holding onto nothing © Meisaan Chan
Love/hate gods
I The body is God’s temple yet how often it is hated II The body is God’s temple – but note: It is not God – yet how often it is worshiped © Meisaan Chan
When hunger is one of the most important holies
You know you are starving and you know that God is food and is precisely in that next feared step: Take it! Follow the food! You are skin and bones! © Meisaan Chan
The God-calming
Safe, safe, you call to me and gentle I appear; in the darkness you allow me warmth of bed and I stroke you, breath breathing slowly now, lengthening body, calming down yes, yes, I am for you yes © Meisaan … Continue reading
