The Light Knows Your Specific Step
The afternoon hums with a noise that makes you feel invisible. You hear a voice call out a name, and you are certain—absolutely certain—it belongs to someone else.
Someone more worthy. Someone put together better than you.
You keep walking, shoulders tight, convinced the invitation was never meant for your ears. But the light does not call out generic titles to the crowd.
It knows the specific sound of your step. It spoke your name before you ever learned to hide.
The voice you heard was not a mistake. It was a summons.
You are not the person who walks away. You are the one who turns around.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, John
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