Light on the Single Plate
The afternoon light slants across the counter where you stand alone, washing the single plate from a meal no one else tasted. The silence in the kitchen feels heavy, a quiet desperation that asks if this routine is all there is.
But the light does not need a crowd to be real — it shines just as brightly on one plate as it does on a feast. You are not invisible in this mundane moment.
The kingdom grows like a seed in the soil, unseen, while you scrub and dry and put away the leftovers. The light is hiding inside this ordinary act, waiting for you to see it there.
You are holding the world together, one washed dish at a time.
Drawing from
Mark, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
Mark 4:26-28, Thomas 77
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