The Light Was There Before The Silence
The house is quiet now, but your mind is loud with the fear that your child has learned to hide their pain because you never showed them yours. You worry the silence in your home has taught them that suffering must be carried alone, behind a closed door.
But listen — the light was already inside them before they ever learned to mask it. It was there before the first hidden tear.
The Father sees what is concealed in the dark, and nothing they have buried is lost to him. You do not need to fix the past tonight to reach them.
The truth lives in both of you, unbroken by silence. The light does not wait for perfect parents; it waits for honest ones.
Your awakening is the lamp they have been waiting for.
Drawing from
Luke 15:8-10, Matthew 6:22
Verses
Luke 15:8, Matthew 6:22
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