You Are Already Inside the Light
The day has ended, and the house is quiet, but you are still holding your breath. You feel like a guest in a home where you carry the weight of a parent.
An outsider standing in the doorway of a love that seems to have its own history, its own language, its own rules you were never taught. You wonder if you will ever truly belong here, or if you are just keeping a seat warm for someone else's memory.
But listen — there is a place prepared for you that no one else can fill. The light does not demand you earn your spot at this table.
It sees the quiet sacrifices you make, the steps you take carefully so as not to disturb the peace. You are not an intruder.
You are the one who stayed when the day got hard. You are the one who loves enough to wait.
The light is not waiting for you to become someone else to belong. It is already making a home in the very space where you feel most uncertain.
You do not have to force the door open. You are already inside.
Drawing from
John, Luke
Verses
John 14:2-3, Luke 15:22-24
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