Tag Archives: pain

The long recovery

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Pain is insidious –you must push the healing deepdeep deep deep deep deep © Meisaan Chan

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Comforting pain’s fear

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Listen to your pain Companion your pain do not let it be alone: That is its greatest fear © Meisaan Chan

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Do not shy away from pain

Posted on June 19, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Do not shy away from pain, says the Lord,for my blessings are often built on top of it © 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

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Good leaders walk with pain

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Good leaders walk with pain – not in front of them, for pain is blind not behind them, for pain can lag behind but beside them, where pain reminds © Meisaan Chan

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Pain is a wise advisor

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Pain is a wise advisor but a poor leader © Meisaan Chan

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Gentle glory

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

All sorts of gentle glory even in the pain of living: Gentle glory, all around © Meisaan Chan

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The deepest wounds

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

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I will not always affirm your path

Posted on August 27, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged Click save draft, discernment, honesty, journey, pain, path, truth, wandering | Leave a comment

Touching proof

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

I make things beautiful, says the Lord; from the morass, music from the chaos, light – look for the beauty, my delicate fingerprint, proof that yes, yes: I have touched © Meisaan Chan

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