Tag Archives: help me

But first, we must have the courage to die

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

How well we make our misery! How ardently you try to teach us new ways! © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged blindness, Click save draft, courage, darkness, death, help, help me, life, misery, resurrection, safety | Leave a comment

Old wounds

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

When you find the source of your wound, tend gently but firmly for old wounds tend to re-break open, the scar being thin and thick © Meisaan Chan

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You can brace for the storm

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

You can brace for the storm or move through it, resisting nothing © Meisaan Chan

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On disease

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Disease cannot repel the Lord; in fact, that is the invitation © Meisaan Chan

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Gifts of eternal thickness

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Somewhere, someone is praying for you, perhaps by name, perhaps in praying for the world; but even if the latter is true, the thing about prayer is that it can never be spread too thin: Somewhere, someone is praying for … Continue reading →

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Love/hate gods

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

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

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged alter, body, hate, help me, idle, loathing, love, self-love, temple | Leave a comment

When life puts you back at start

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Remember: You have different tools © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged adventure, burden, hardship, help, help me, path, tools | Leave a comment

The opposite of falling

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

You caught me again as I was falling, falling through the jagged sky of my past; it was you who bore my weight and gently laid me upon a soft, mossy bed; It was you who lulled my breathing and … Continue reading →

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The soul folds over in weariness

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged assistance, carrying, fatigue, help, help me, nourishment, provision, weariness | Leave a comment

Missing you

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged absence, agony, comfort, help, help me, loss, presence | Leave a comment