You Are the Place Light Chooses
The day is ending, and the quiet brings a heavy lie: that the world would breathe easier if you simply weren't here. That your absence would be a relief to everyone you know.
But the light does not measure worth by utility or performance. There was a father who saw his son coming home from a long way off.
He ran. Before the apology, before the speech — he ran.
Your presence is not a burden to be tolerated. It is a gift that was chosen before you took your first breath.
The light does not wish for empty space where you stand. It wishes for you.
You are not an accident waiting to be corrected. You are the place where the light has chosen to dwell tonight.
Drawing from
Luke, John
Verses
Luke 15:20, John 15:16
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