The Light Older Than Their Pain
The afternoon stretches out, long and flat, and in the quiet hum of routine, a cold fear takes hold: you are becoming your parent. You hear their voice in your throat.
You see their shadow in your hands. But listen — the light that lives inside you is older than their pain.
It was there before their patterns were formed, and it remains untouched by their history. You are not bound to repeat what was broken.
The kingdom grows like a seed in the dark, silent and steady, even while you sleep. You do not have to force the change.
The soil knows what to do. You are not your origin.
You are the new thing growing from it.
Drawing from
Matthew, Mark
Verses
Matthew 6:34, Mark 4:26-28
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