The Light Shines Through The Crack
The afternoon stretches out, long and gray, and you are stuck in the exact second your voice cracked. You asked if it was serious, and the tremor in your throat felt like a verdict.
But listen — the light does not demand a steady voice. It shines just as brightly through the fracture.
There is a light within every person, and it lights up the whole world even when the vessel shakes. You do not have to hold yourself together for the light to work.
The crack is not a failure; it is simply where the truth got loud enough to be heard. The middle of the day is hard, but the light is harder than your shaking.
Your voice broke, but the love holding you did not.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, John
Verses
John 1:16
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