He Meets You in the Dark Driveway

The engine is off now, and the silence of the driveway feels heavier than the day you just survived. You are sitting there because the mask you wore for ten hours has finally cracked, and you know you cannot walk through that front door looking like this.

It feels like if they see the break, they will run. But listen — the Father is not waiting inside for a performance.

He is already out here in the dark with you. He does not need you to fix your face before you come in.

In fact, he ran to meet you while you were still a long way off, not because you looked whole, but because you were his. The light inside you is not a spotlight you have to aim; it is the very breath keeping you alive in this car.

You do not have to compose yourself to be loved. You only have to turn off the engine and let the One who sees you in the shadows walk you to the door.