Tag Archives: journey

On listening

Posted on June 21, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Your fearis the wrong voice © Meisaan Chan

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I travel the world looking for my love

Posted on May 24, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

I travel the world looking for my love;in airports, on the streets of VeniceI constantly refresh my browser, aching for just a glimpse of your face, aching for the ways you bend delight into the curvature of my heartand how … Continue reading →

Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Uncategorized | Tagged blindness, desire, journey, love, search, sight, Spiritual search, wander | Leave a comment

Throughout the journey

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Throughout the journeyyou will stumbleyou will climb;the fall is not badthe ascent is not good:Listen! © Meisaan Chan

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I am for you, says the Lord

Posted on April 16, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

I am for you, says the Lord I am the verdant path through desolation I am the great release I am the everlasting Yes: When you join my Yes, you join all these things; when you have the courage to … Continue reading →

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Obedience to love

Posted on March 26, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Obedience to love: Turmoil slackens, stills – turmoil is not the master © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged adventure, following, journey, love, obedience, path, surrender, turmoil | 2 Comments

Do not companion the chaos

Posted on March 22, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

It will get worse, says the Lord: Walk with me, do not companion the chaos © Meisaan Chan

Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged certainty, chaos, companion, courage, darkness, journey, light, trust | 2 Comments

You’re not done yet

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Just when you think you’re done just when you want to celebrate the path long trod you notice that the path now obscured and faint, curves around a bend: You’re not done yet © Meisaan Chan

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A cry for help in the wilderness

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Help me, O Lord, barricades in every direction; the path has crumbled behind me the path has crumbled before me and to my sides the land burns: Help me, oh God, I cry © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged adventure, desolation, help, help me, journey, lost, pain, path, wandering | Leave a comment

Middle of wilderness

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

The journey takes us to heaven where ten thousand lakes lie where pines stand tall and birch trees lean gently where rain soaks in deep where everything is at a soul-level: The ducks swimming, the squirrels darting, the air suspended … Continue reading →

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Compass gone

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

So deeply through the thicket, bramble catching on my clothes compass gone, all is chaos: O God, be my hope © Meisaan Chan

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