Tag Archives: surrender

I have this fever for you

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

I have this fever for you burning me, demanding, relentless and aching come, O Lord, come © Meisaan Chan

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The brazen confirmation

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

“I want to enter your heart of hearts,” I say. “That is a very arduous path,” God says. “I want to enter your heart of hearts,” I say. © Meisaan Chan

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Raw materials

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

You know what to do with suffering – nothing is stronger for creating praise © Meisaan Chan

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Follow the everything home

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

You are afraid of mishearing me – do not be afraid of hearing, but focus on how you hear: Follow the everything home © Meisaan Chan

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Sickness can leave you helpless

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Sickness can leave you helpless: It can remove your arms and your legs and your courage and your piece but if given to me it can become the whetstone as your journey continues on © Meisaan Chan

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The clay and the potter

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

You make a lot of pots, my Lord: I do not ask to be a pot I do not ask not to be a pot just touch me, Lord; keep your hands in me until I am done: that is … Continue reading →

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The Promise: I Give You What You Need

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

The extent to which I can trust this is the extent to which I stand on solid ground; the extent to which I cannot trust this is the extent to which the ground rips apart © Meisaan Chan

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Be not small!

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

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Surrender and praise: The oneness

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

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Ownership

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged discipline, emptiness, humility, impermanence, ownership, submission, surrender | Leave a comment