Tag Archives: trust

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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No matter the challenge, the pattern has been set

Posted on June 18, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Each cliff, higher and higher still I say: Jump © Meisaan Chan

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Be not small!

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Be not small! Break out of the box of your fear! © Meisaan Chan

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Unknowns

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

You can avoid the darkness all you like but then you avoid deepest transformation © Meisaan Chan

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Those who have progressed, II

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Those who have progressed know just how much they need and trust how much God will give © Meisaan Chan

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A note from the one who defends

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

It is not your job to worry about the battle; it is your job to stay close © Meisaan Chan

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The wound

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

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I do not need more control

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

I do not need more control you have given me enough, and for that which I cannot control another prayer rises as I let go of what does not belong to me © Meisaan Chan

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Conserving energy

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Facing the unknown is easier when you stop grasping for control, which, in face of the unknown, it is a futile effort © Meisaan Chan

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