The Light Was Never Lost
The afternoon light is flat, casting long shadows across the screen as you scroll backward, searching for the exact moment the joy stopped. You are looking for evidence that you broke something that was once whole, tracing your fingerprint over a smile that feels like it belongs to a stranger.
But the light does not live in the past tense, and it was never contained in a photograph. The kingdom is not a memory you lost; it is a presence that is inside you right now, waiting to be recognized again.
You did not ruin the light; you only forgot where to look for it. Stop digging through the dust of yesterday to find what is shining in your chest today.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, John
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