the guilt of having survived when they did not

Your Survival Is A Canvas Not A Crime

The house is quiet now, and the guilt of being the one who made it through is loud. You carry the weight of a life you did not earn, wondering why your name was spoken when theirs was not.

But listen — the light does not keep a ledger of who deserves to breathe. There was a man born blind, and the question fell on him like a stone: who sinned?

The light answered with a gentle no — neither this man nor his parents. Your survival is not a crime scene to be investigated.

It is a canvas. The light is not asking you to justify your heartbeat.

It is asking you to let it shine through the cracks of your confusion. You were not spared to suffer in the dark.

You were spared to become the light for someone else who is still walking in it.

Drawing from

John 9:1-7, Gospel of Thomas 24

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