The Light Knew You Before You Spoke
The bathroom mirror holds a silence that feels heavier than the night you just survived. You open your mouth to speak your own name, and the sound dies before it reaches the glass—no answer, no recognition, just a stranger staring back.
But look closer at the light above the sink. It did not flicker when you walked in.
It was already waiting for you, bright and steady, before you even knew your own face again. You made it through the dark.
That is enough for now. The light does not need your voice to know who you are; it knew you before you spoke.
You are not the silence. You are the light that fills it.
Drawing from
1 John 1:5, Luke 1:78-79
Verses
1 John 1:5, Luke 1:78-79
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