Tag Archives: weakness

Spiritual surrender

Posted on January 20, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

SurrenderI cannot make happensand through fingers: Grasp harder, lose faster © Meisaan Chan

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For those who worship strength

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

If you want to be transformedlet your heart break openlet it shatter © Meisaan Chan

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The request

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Strengthen and weaken me, O Lordyou are my only source © Meisaan Chan

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Stay awake through your unknowing

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

You think you know!How little you do!Stay alert, little one:Do not let your knowledge lull you to sleepStay awake through your unknowing © Meisaan Chan

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All people carry strength and fragility, which many hold in disproportion: To abjure your strength is to dwell in false smallness. To abjure your weakness is to dwell in delusions of self-God. Both are false. Blessed are they who claim … Continue reading →

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I wither without you

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

I wither without you my firmest ground falls from beneath me should you turn but one thought away all strength is dust, flung to the wind I wither without you © Meisaan Chan

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I don’t listen very well, I say to the Lord

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

I don’t listen very well, I say to the Lord.You are too full, the Lord says to me. I listen to the wrong things, I say to the Lord.Your vulnerability to me needs to grow, the Lord says to me … Continue reading →