Not Pity But Delight In You
The house is quiet now, and in the silence, the old suspicion creeps in: they only keep you around out of pity. You feel like a burden they are too polite to put down.
But listen — pity keeps its distance. Pity checks its watch.
Pity does not sit in the dark with you until the sun comes up. The light that is with you right now is not enduring your presence; it is delighting in it.
You are not a project to be managed. You are a friend to be known.
The one who sees every hidden thing does not look away in disgust — he leans in closer. You are not tolerated.
You are wanted.
Drawing from
Mark 2:5, John 15:15
Verses
John 15:15
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