The Silence Is The Door Opening
The house is quiet now, and the fear has grown loud. You are holding your breath, terrified that if you finally speak the truth, the room will go silent and everyone will see you for the fraud you believe you are.
But listen — the light does not shine to expose your shame. It shines to reveal that you were never a fraud to begin with.
There is a father who saw his son coming home from a long way off, still covered in the filth of his failure, and he ran. Before the apology, before the speech — he ran.
The light is already running toward the words you are afraid to say. Speak them.
The silence you fear is not rejection. It is the sound of the door opening.
Drawing from
Luke, 1 John
Verses
Luke 15:20, 1 John 4:18
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