The Silence Was Not Rejection
The house is quiet now, and the silence after your 'I'm here' feels heavy enough to crush you. You are wondering if that quiet was a wall, a gentle way of saying they didn't need you after all.
But the gathering dark often distends the space between two hearts, making a pause feel like a permanent departure. There was a father who saw his son while he was still a long way off — he didn't wait for the words to finish, he didn't weigh the apology, he just ran.
The light does not measure your worth by the speed of a reply. It sees the courage it took to speak into the void.
The silence was not rejection; it was just the time it took for them to realize you had arrived.
Drawing from
Luke, Matthew
Verses
Luke 15:20
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