the terror that your own trembling hands will accidentally hurt the child you are desperate to protect

Your Trembling Hands Hold Light

The house is quiet now, and your hands are shaking with a terror that feels like a betrayal. You hold the child who is your whole world, yet you are paralyzed by the fear that your own trembling might break what you are desperate to protect.

But the light that lives inside you did not come to condemn your weakness or to demand a steadiness you cannot manufacture. It came to stand between your fear and the one you love, holding you both when your grip feels unsure.

You are not the danger lurking in the dark; you are the vessel carrying the very thing that keeps the night from winning. The trembling is not proof that you will fail; it is the honest sound of a heart that loves too much to ever let go.

Drawing from

John 9:1-7, Gospel of Thomas 50

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