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Tag Archives: sleep
Night murmurs
Hush, hush, murmurs the Lord as she strokes me in the night I am all things for you: everything you need is everything I give, and more © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, Feminine God, God speaks poetry, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged Christmas, comfort, help, help me, love, sleep, sleeping, tenderness, vulnerability
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After a good night’s sleep
Thank you, God, for sleep, for the riches you just gave me; may I disperse your gold well today and return tonight, spent and joyful-trusting © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged gold, intimacy, praise, rest, riches, sleep
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After putting it in the hands of the Lord
Long and languid sleep, undefiled by worry – now is the time to sink in deep: everything’s fine everything’s fine © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, Food addiction, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged grounding, peace, release, relinquishment, sleep
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The insomnia prayer
God of counted minutes circle me back home to you © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Recovery and healing, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged anxiety, darkness, help, help me, insomnia, night, rest, sleep
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Direct connection
You cannot acknowledge the mind-body-spirit connection and not acknowledge the importance of sleep © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Recovery and healing, writing
Tagged body, connection, meditation, mind, rest, sleep, spirit
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The Fatigue Prayer
Tiredness crawls beneath my eyelids tightens my jaw: O Lord, be with me now © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged fatigue, prayer, presence, silence, sleep, tiredness
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Getting out of the rut
I will give you times for rest, says the Lord but how you often pass over my gift for the rut © Meisaan Chan
Posted in God speaks poetry, Poetry, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged busyness, chaos, gift, meditation, rest, rut, sleep
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I wake up in the night and you lull me back to sleep
I wake up in the night and you lull me back to sleep your tender touch upon my furrowed heart soothing, soothing, soothing © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged heart, insomnia, night, sleep, soothing, tenderness, touch, writing
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The morning after
After a sleepless night of breathing and thinking and fearing and wandering I stumble through this day-too-bright; be vigilant, O Lord, and stand watch over me for I cannot; I am dazed; I cannot © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged guard, guardian, insomnia, refuge, safety, sleep, sleeplessness, vigilant
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Weariness
Rest, says the Lord for your weariness needs succulence: here I am for you © Meisaan Chan
Posted in God speaks poetry, Poetry, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry
Tagged burden, comfort, rest, sleep, weariness
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