He Ran Before You Were Brave
The engine is still running, and the darkness outside your windows feels heavier than the chair you're sitting in. You came all this way, ready to turn around before anyone sees you hesitate.
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. He did not wait for you to be brave.
He did not wait for you to kill the engine. The light that lives inside you is not afraid of your fear.
It is not ashamed of your trembling hands. It is the same light that ran across the dirt to meet you while you were still covered in the mess of the journey.
You do not have to walk in perfect. You just have to open the door.
Drawing from
Luke, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
Luke 15:20
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