Tag Archives: openness

I pray naked

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

I pray naked total exposure to God nothing inhibiting the Divine touch © Meisaan Chan

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Why the opening is so important

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

If you open like a pinhole eternity will wait an eternity’s length to dribble-drabble in; If you open like an earthquake rupture eternity will still take an eternity’s time – but the receiving! The receiving! © Meisaan Chan

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Ditto

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

“I just want you to love me for who I am, not for what I do,” I say to the Lord. “Ditto,” the Lord says to me. © Meisaan Chan

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Because the real thing will come back around

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

With you, I abandon my success With you, I abandon my failings then, empty of all things except for you, I abandon you, too © Meisaan Chan

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The danger of expectations

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes you come in smallness and if I only look for you in the big I will miss you, O God of the small © Meisaan Chan

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A caution about the altar of independence

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

This altar might seem like it doesn’t need sacrifices – that it doesn’t need anything, really – but there is something brittle about it, something cold © Meisaan Chan

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The road ahead: a spirituality of openness

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

When God calls you to a spirituality of openness, it sounds nice but lived out, it requires dismantling all the walls that protect you and walking into true protection © Meisaan Chan

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One of the biggest decisions to make

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

One of the biggest decisions to make is where to turn for help © Meisaan Chan

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Live with open hands, says the Lord

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Live with open hands, says the Lord: If they give it, fine if they take it away, fine if you fight and win, fine if you fight and lose, fine; May the fire in your heart burn brightly but don’t … Continue reading →

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