Tag Archives: holiness

The holiness of disturbance

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

If God never disturbs you, you are not following the right God © Meisaan Chan

Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Food addiction, Haiku/haiku-esque poetry, meditation, PTSD, Rumi-esque, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing | Tagged disturbance, holiness, path, trouble | Leave a comment

The holiness of holes

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Healthy soil has holes –that’s how the air and rain and seeds sink in;solid soil holds little life © Meisaan Chan

Posted in addiction, anxiety, compassion, Earth poetry, Food addiction, Haiku/haiku-esque poetry, meditation, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged earth, healthy, help, help me, holiness, perfectionism, unhealthy, weary | Leave a comment

So strange when others find me valuable!

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

So strange when others find me valuable! Different mirrors, I argue Same reflection, they respond © Meisaan Chan

Posted in addiction, anxiety, Food addiction, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged affirmation, holiness, reflection, self-worth, Valuable | Leave a comment

All walls

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

All walls down I become a prayer All walls up I return to flesh © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Recovery and healing, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged holiness, prayer, surrender, vulnerability, walls, weakness | Leave a comment

What’s at stake

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

The most important spiritual skill is listening and then recognizing when it is I and when it is not; all holiness and all destruction come from this © Meisaan Chan

Posted in God speaks poetry, Poetry, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged destruction, discernment, holiness, listening, spiritual, wisdom | Leave a comment

What goes in

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

The longer your eyes linger upon evil the more its image engraves in your mind and muddies the face of the Lord © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged courage, evil, focus, forbearance, holiness, hope, love, meditation, temperance | Leave a comment

Sanctuaries within sanctuaries

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

The tiny church nestled in mountains and drenched in falling light sanctuaries within sanctuaries © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

Posted in Earth poetry, Photo poem, Poetry, Recovery and healing, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged church, holiness, holy, light, mountains, sanctuaries, shadows, writing | Leave a comment