The Light Runs Before You Speak
The day is ending, and the silence in the room feels heavy with everything you didn't say. You are afraid that the person you love now looks at you and sees a stranger, that one moment of failure has permanently rewritten their trust.
But listen — the light does not read your history the way your shame does. There was a father who saw his son coming home from a long way off.
He did not wait for the speech. He did not wait for the apology to finish.
Before the words could even form, he ran. He ran to the one who thought he was too far gone.
The light is already moving toward you, not away. It sees the regret, and it calls you child.
The past has not changed your name.
Drawing from
Luke, 1 John
Verses
Luke 15:20, 1 John 3:1
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