Tag Archives: discernment

Journeying

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Those who undertake the journey must grow comfortable with wilderness © Meisaan Chan

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Sight

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes I am beautiful, says the Lord and sometimes I am putrid: Keep watch! Do not be lulled by your images of me, that first step to blindness © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Christianity, Poetry, recovery, Uncategorized | Tagged beauty, blindness, clarity, discernment, idol, image, sight, vision, wisdom | Leave a comment

Closing doors

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

All sorts of things will seem right but if you listen, I will close some doors © Meisaan Chan

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Listening through them

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Gather your advisers but listen for me © Meisaan Chan

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How you speak

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

If you were to show me all of your will in one great, blinding blow I would not do one thing, frozen: but, like reviving the eyes of the blind, I can detect the dark of shadows moving, and so … Continue reading →

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You stop me in my tracks

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

You stop me in my tracks, O Lord for nothing is more important than listening except following what I hear © Meisaan Chan

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Seeing through the layers

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Loss can be gain Gain can be loss; Wise is the one who sees through the layers © Meisaan Chan

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A prayer to stop wandering in ruts

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

O Camino God, my journeyer: help me remember the pathway out of my ruts so I do not wander in ruts but journey home to you © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged adventure, Camino, destination, direction, discernment, healing, health, help, journey, path, prayer, ruts, wandering, writing | Leave a comment

One path of the feminine

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

allows God to pursue and then to woo and then she deliberates and weighs, and ponders, and tests and then she decides upon the yes and the yes and the yes and the yes, opening the gates of her garden; … Continue reading →

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In our midst

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry | Tagged awareness, busyness, discernment, listening, pray, prayer, sensitivity | Leave a comment