Tag Archives: courage

The path to being free

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

When you realize that fear is a conscious choice you are much closer to being free © Meisaan Chan

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Discerning the paths

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

You can choose to fear, says the Lord but that path will not lead you home © Meisaan Chan

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The power of receiving

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

God receives all screaming God receives all anguish God receives all confusion There is nothing she cannot receive © Meisaan Chan

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God, make me fearless for you

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

God, make me fearless for you: be my breath and my strength and my courage and my ferocity and my every atom so that even if my blood is shed fearless: my blood is shed © Meisaan Chan

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Because they can spot it from a mile away

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

The people you want to impress might not even be looking! Fear not being invisible fear being inauthentic © Meisaan Chan

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Another case for fostering courage

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes you don’t need the hand-holding as much as you thought, or the crutches or the safeguards – but without courage, you’ll never know © Meisaan Chan

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As God says, “Do not be afraid” again and again and again

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

It’s not, do not feel fear but rather, do not serve it © Meisaan Chan

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The end

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

O God my help, at first I flounder but my screaming ends in you so I follow my screaming to its end © Meisaan Chan

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The darkness is easy to dispel, says the Lord

Posted on December 6, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

The darkness is easy to dispel, says the Lord: one little light and it is gone – but the shadows! The shadows! © Meisaan Chan

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You can fear walking upon the razor’s edge

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

You can fear walking upon the razor’s edge but sometimes there is no other place to walk © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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