You Are the Dawn Not the Disturbance
The hallway is quiet, and the door is closed, and you are standing here holding your breath because you are afraid to break the peace inside that room. You think your presence is a risk.
That if you turn the knob, the silence will shatter and the day will begin again with all its weight. But listen — the light does not wait for permission to enter the places where peace is sleeping.
It rises without asking the night if it is ready. The sun comes up whether the world is prepared or not.
It simply arrives, gentle and inevitable, and the darkness has not overcome it. You are not the disturbance.
You are the dawn. Open the door.
The peace inside is stronger than the noise you fear you might make.
Drawing from
John, Luke
Verses
John 1:5, Luke 1:78-79
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