The Light Returns Whether You Slept
The house is quiet now, but your arms still remember the weight of holding everything up alone. You made it through the night.
The sun is rising, not because you earned it, but because the light returns whether you slept or not. There was a father who saw his son coming home from a long way off—he ran before the apology, before the speech.
God runs toward you before you even speak. The kingdom belongs to those who receive it like a child, open and tired and ready.
You are not just keeping them alive; you are the light they wake up to. The dawn is not a demand to perform; it is an invitation to begin again.
Drawing from
Luke 15:20, Mark 10:15
Verses
Luke 15:20, Mark 10:15
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