You Are the Light That Survives
The house is quiet now, but your mind is loud with a conversation that ended hours ago. You replay a single comment, turning it over until the edges feel sharp enough to cut, convincing yourself it sounded cruel.
But the darkness is a poor judge of tone; it amplifies what the light sees as small. There is a mercy in the quiet that your racing thoughts cannot hear yet.
The one who knows every word you spoke does not condemn you for the stumble. Neither do I.
The comment is already gone, but the love that holds you remains. You are not your worst moment; you are the light that survives it.
Drawing from
John 8:10-11, Gospel of Thomas 51
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