The Light Runs Toward You
The afternoon sun is bright, but inside you feel like a weight dragging everyone down. You watch the people you love move through their day and wonder if your silence is a stone they have to carry.
You think if you could just be lighter, quieter, less broken, you would finally be welcome here. But listen — the light does not ask you to shrink.
There is a father who saw his son coming home from a long way off, covered in shame and expecting rejection. He ran.
Before the apology, before the speech — he ran. Your presence is not a burden.
It is the very thing the light runs toward. You are not too heavy to be held.
You are the reason the table is set.
Drawing from
Luke, Matthew
Verses
Luke 15:20, Matthew 11:28
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