The Light Stays After The Flinch
It happens in the middle of the afternoon, right when your guard is down. Someone says your name unexpectedly, and your whole body flinches before your mind can catch up.
That jump is not a failure of faith. It is the memory of a thousand times you were called out, called down, or called wrong.
But notice what happens after the flinch. The light does not scold you for jumping.
It simply stays. It waits for your breath to return.
There is a love that knows your name so well it does not need to shout it to be heard. You are safe here, even when your nerves say you are not.
Drawing from
Mark 5:19, Matthew 14:29-31
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