The Dawn Comes Whether You Hold Your Breath
The house is finally quiet, but you are holding your breath as if silence is something you have to manufacture. You lie perfectly still, terrified that the creak of the mattress or the sound of your own lungs will restart the war.
But the light of this new morning does not arrive with a shout. It slips in through the cracks, gentle and unhurried, asking nothing from you.
You do not have to freeze yourself to keep the peace. The dawn is coming whether you hold your breath or not.
Your breathing is not a threat to the calm; it is the rhythm of the life that survived the night.
Drawing from
Luke 1:78-79, Matthew 11:28-30
Verses
Luke 1:78-79
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