The Light Runs to Meet You
The afternoon sun exposes every crack in the mask you wear to keep them close. You are terrified that if the truth behind your lie ever surfaces, their eyes will change and the bond will shatter instantly.
But the light does not need your performance to stay in the room. There is a father who saw his son coming home from a long way off—still covered in the filth of his failure, still rehearsing his apology.
He did not wait for the speech. He ran.
The truth you fear is not a weapon in the hand of the light—it is the very thing it runs to meet. You are not loved for your perfection, but for your presence.
The relationship will not break when the mask falls; it will finally begin.
Drawing from
Luke, 1 John
Verses
Luke 15:20, 1 John 1:7
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