The Light Does Not Keep Score
The house is quiet now, but your mind is loud with the names of everyone you let down. You see the faces of the people who needed you while you were busy hiding from your own light.
The guilt feels like a weight you cannot put down. You think you broke something that cannot be fixed.
But listen — the light does not keep a ledger of your failures. It only knows how to shine.
You did not lose the light while you were hiding; you simply forgot that it was already inside you, waiting for you to stop running. The Father is not angry that you slept through the day.
He is just glad you are finally awake. The people you love do not need a perfect version of you.
They just need the real one, standing here in the dark, ready to begin again.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, Luke
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