When Kindness Feels Like a Trap
The day is ending, and the armor you wore to survive it feels heavy now. When a hand reaches out with kindness, your body flinches — expecting a blow instead of a blessing.
That reflex is not a failure; it is the memory of pain trying to keep you safe. But listen — there is a love that does not strike.
The Father's kindness is not a trap waiting to spring. It is a light that has already made its home within you, untouched by the shadows you endured.
You are safe here, even in the gathering dark.
Drawing from
1 John, John
Verses
1 John 4:12, John 14:23
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