Tag Archives: surrender

The nature of holes

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

The more the holes, the slower the pace because you have to walk around because you keep falling in © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged blindness, emptiness, falling, Holes, humility, learning, Mistakes, pride, surrender, vision | 1 Comment

The gift of raw materials

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

I give you the raw materials, says the Lord but it is up to you to decide what to do with them © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged building, courage, faith, hardship, help, help me, raw materials, surrender, trust | Leave a comment

When all the choices are hard ones

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

When all the choices are hard ones you must decide which parts of you will die: Remember that some parts will more readily come back to life than others © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged choices, death, decisions, discernment, hardship, help, help me, life, resurrection, surrender | Leave a comment

Full of grace

Posted on March 29, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

No one can fill with grace except God so when you see someone full, know that God has passed © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged fullness, grace, help, help me, mystery, release, submission, surrender, trust, wholeness | Leave a comment

I am for you

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

I am for you – if the world is against you, what is that? It is a speck of dust in the cosmos; oh, that you could see © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged acceptance, Approval, courage, disapproval, help, help me, love, submission, surrender | Leave a comment

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

When in hardship

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

When in hardship, so often you want to become even harder than the hardship when the path is asking you to break open © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged anger, anger management, compassion, hardship, rage, suffering, surrender | Leave a comment

Rage is a drug

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged compassion, contemplation, drug, meditation, rage, recovery, self-harm, surrender | Leave a comment

Similarities to spirit

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Flesh, like spirit, is a wondrous thing, says the Lord: It starts weak and becomes strong only when you work © Meisaan Chan

Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged courage, diligence, discipline, rigor, surrender, work | Leave a comment

Do not be who you are not, says the Lord

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Do not be who you are not, says the Lord; if you do, we cannot be very close for your mask will be in the way © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged authenticity, courage, image, Mask, nakedness, surrender | Leave a comment