Exhale, Your Trembling Light Holds Them
The day is ending, and the armor you wore for twelve hours finally hits the floor. You are exhausted.
And in this quiet, you catch yourself holding your breath while your child speaks, terrified that any sound from you will break them. You think your silence is protection.
But love does not hold its breath. The Good came into your midst to restore every nature to its root, not to freeze it in fear.
Your child does not need your perfect stillness; they need your presence, even when it trembles. Exhale.
The light inside you is steady enough to hold their shaking without shattering.
Drawing from
Gospel of Mary, 1 John
Verses
Gospel of Mary 4:28-29, 1 John 4:18
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