The Light Runs Before You Speak
The house is so quiet it feels like the walls are holding their breath. You are replaying the moment your friend spoke their pain, and you realize you were already rehearsing your own apology instead of listening.
That hollow ache in your chest is not proof that you are broken; it is the light waking up to the distance. There was a father who saw his son coming home from a long way off, and before the speech, before the excuse, he ran.
The light does not wait for your perfect response. It runs to meet you in the silence.
You are not your distraction. You are the light that sees it all and loves you anyway.
Drawing from
Luke, John
Verses
Luke 15:20, John 1:16
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