The Light Runs to Embrace You
The house is quiet now, and the mask you wore all day has finally slipped. In this silence, a terror rises—the fear that if you are truly seen, you will be found wanting.
That the light will expose what you have hidden. But listen.
The light does not shine to expose your shame; it shines to reveal your worth. There is a father who saw his son coming home while he was still a long way off.
He did not wait for the speech. He ran.
The light is already running toward you, not to judge the dirt on your face, but to embrace the child beneath it. You are not found wanting.
You are found. And the door is open.
Drawing from
Luke, 1 John
Verses
Luke 15:20, 1 John 3:1
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