The Gaze That Never Looked Away
The afternoon stretches long and thin, a quiet corridor where a neutral glance hardens into a verdict inside your chest. You replay the moment the door closed, convinced that a silence was a judgment, that a look was a rejection.
But the light does not scan for faults — it only sees what is already there. In the middle of the day, when the world is busy performing, the truth waits for you to stop: the gaze that matters never looked away.
It has been resting on you this whole time, not as a judge, but as a friend. You are not defined by the eyes that missed you, but by the Light that holds you.
Drawing from
John 15:15, John 15:9
Verses
John 15:15, John 15:9
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