Tag Archives: chaos

Compass gone, all is chaos

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

So deeply through the thicket,Bramble catching on my clothescompass gone, all is chaos:Oh God, be my hope © Meisaan Chan

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The promise

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

I will lead you through the fireand bring you to the resting place © Meisaan Chan

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When the world stops spinning

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

When the world stops spinningand you and I meet at lastI, in deficit, without shoes and starvingYou, abundant:Finally, in stillness,I accept what you’ve been trying to give © Meisaan Chan

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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 © Meisaan Chan

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Compass gone

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

So deeply through the thicket, bramble catching on my clothes compass gone, all is chaos: O God, be my hope © Meisaan Chan

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May my love be stronger than my rage

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

May my love be stronger than my rage and my self-restraint stronger than my chaos © Meisaan Chan    

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The encourager

Posted on December 24, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

The confusion, so much confusion – you have braced yourself against the rushing current before, and you can do so again © Meisaan Chan

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Peering into the darkness

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

You strain so hard, peering into the blackness when your only task is to breathe, open-armed, clothed in wondrous dark © Meisaan Chan

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Touching proof

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

I make things beautiful, says the Lord; from the morass, music from the chaos, light – look for the beauty, my delicate fingerprint, proof that yes, yes: I have touched © Meisaan Chan

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The eternal shelter

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Storm after storm rolls over the earth; again and again you shelter © Meisaan Chan

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