Your Silence Is Not A Wall
The armor feels heavy now, and you are finally taking it off. But there is a terror in the silence—the fear that the ones you used to fight for will mistake your stillness for hatred.
They might think you have turned your back. They might think the fire has gone out.
But the light does not always roar. Sometimes it simply sits.
Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is stop swinging long enough to let your own heart beat again. You are not abandoning them by resting.
You are remembering that the fight was never yours to carry alone. The Father's love is not a shout; it is a presence that waits for you to be still.
Your silence is not a wall. It is the space where the real work begins.
Drawing from
John 14:23, Mark 4:38
Verses
John 14:23
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