The Light Does Not Calculate Square Footage
The house is quiet now, and your mind is loud with the speech you think you owe. You are rehearsing the apology for existing too long in their space, for taking up air, for being a burden simply by staying awake.
But listen — the light does not calculate square footage. It does not ration breath.
It fills the room without asking permission. There was a father who saw his son coming home from a long way off.
He ran. Before the apology, before the speech — he ran.
The light is already running toward you, not away from your presence. You do not need to make yourself smaller to fit.
You are not an intruder in the dark. You are the very reason the light came in.
Drawing from
Luke, John
Verses
Luke 15:20, John 1:16
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