The Father Runs Before You Speak
The cursor blinks while your thumb hovers over the delete key, erasing words that feel too heavy to send. You are afraid that if you speak the truth of this hour, you will be too much for the person on the other end.
But listen — there is a Father who saw you coming while you were still a long way off. He did not wait for you to fix your speech or clean up your heart.
He ran. The light inside you is not a demand for perfection; it is a quiet presence that sits with you in the unfinished sentence.
You do not have to finish the thought to be held. The silence you are protecting them from is the very place where the light is already speaking your name.
Drawing from
Luke, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
Luke 15:20, Thomas 3
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