Joy Does Not Steal Your Memory
The laugh caught you off guard tonight. For a second, the sound was so bright it erased the face you are trying to hold onto.
And now the silence feels like a betrayal. You are sitting in the dark, convinced that joy has stolen your memory.
But listen — the light does not demand you freeze your grief to prove it was real. There is a love that is kind to the ungrateful and the forgetful.
It knows your heart better than your guilt does. The face you love is not held by your effort to remember every detail.
It is held by a love that never forgets you. The laugh was not a loss.
It was a breath given back to you so you could keep walking.
Drawing from
Luke, 1 John
Verses
Luke 6:35-36, 1 John 3:20
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