The Father Saw You Running
The house is quiet now, but your mind is loud with speeches you never gave. You are rehearsing apologies for failures your child never saw, carrying guilt for sins that existed only in your fear.
The light does not need your perfect explanation to love you. It saw the father running before the son even finished his rehearsed speech.
That same light lives inside you — it was there before the mistake, and it is here now, refusing to leave. You are not defined by the words you choked on in the dark.
The night is long, but the love is longer.
Drawing from
Luke 15:20, 1 John 3:20
Verses
Luke 15:20, 1 John 3:20
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