He Sees Your Tears Before You Open
The knock comes while your face is still wet, and for a second, your breath just stops. You are not ready to be seen.
You are not ready to explain the tears or the trembling hands. But listen — the one standing there does not need an explanation.
He has already seen the salt on your cheeks from the other side of the wood. He is not coming to judge the mess; he is coming to sit in it with you.
There is a love that does not wait for you to dry your eyes before it enters. It walks right into the damp and the dark and calls it home.
You do not have to fix your face to open the door. Just turn the latch.
The light is not afraid of your tears.
Drawing from
John 21:15-17, Mark 5:19
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