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Tag Archives: darkness
Sometimes you have to start over, and agonizingly so
Sometimes you have to start over, and agonizingly so;just as the trees every year lose the crown of their gloryand the days lose their strength,just as the seed loses its protectionand the cougar loses its territoryand birds lose their flight … Continue reading
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged cosmic loss, dark, darkness, help, help me, loss, starting over
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Fair-weather
Throw God away if God does not rescue you in the storm;if God accompanies you only in the good timesthat is the definition of the very bad friend © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged darkness, help, help me, rescue, storms
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Before the winter solstice
The dark has arrived again, my early winter guest;unprepared, I run to make a bed for her.Lovingly, she unpacks her bags,not in any hurry © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged darkness, earth spirituality, hope, solstice, winter
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Comforting spiritual blindness
You are not supposed to see in the Deepif you can, you are not deep enough © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged darkness, help, help me, vision
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Because sometimes night falls upon the path
Do not despair:For the darkness teaches things that the light cannotand if you stay by me in darknessgoodness always comesalways © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged darkness, help, help me
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Trust me more
Not just higher;trust me deeperand broaderand innerNot just your eyes;trust me with your smelland tasteand sensing;fill your senses until trust consumes them allfill your space planes until I am everywhere © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged darkness, sight, surrender, trust, vision
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Seeking in the night
In the night I look for safetyand seek until I findO God, O God, O God © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged darkness, despair, help me, rescue, salvation, spiritual strength
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Because sometimes the night is eternal
Do not fight the dark– it is what it is –let your eyes adjust and stretch out your armsfor I do not need light to be seen © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged darkness, help, help me, night
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In training
Sometimes you need to call outand call outand call outnot because God isn’t listeningbut because it is an exercise in tenacitythe next needed skill © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged darkness, despair, rescue, salvation, surrender, tenacity, training, trust
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Refusing to be stopped
“It’s so dark, I say to God.“Leading is my specialty,” God says to me © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged darkness, followership, following, help, help me, leadership, surrender, trust, unknown
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Curving toward the center 