The Light Runs Before You Speak
The ceiling is still there, and so are the words you keep replaying in the dark. You are convinced that one conversation has ruined everything, that a single syllable has shattered the whole night.
But listen — the darkness has not overcome the light that lives inside you. It cannot be broken by your mistakes.
There was a father who saw his son coming home from a long way off, still covered in the filth of his failure, and he ran. Before the apology, before the speech — he ran.
The light does not wait for you to fix what you said. It is already running toward you.
You are not your worst moment. You are the light that holds even this regret.
Drawing from
Luke, John
Verses
John 1:5, Luke 15:20
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