The Father Runs Before You Fall
The mask feels heavy this morning, doesn't it? You are walking through the day holding your breath, terrified that one wrong word will let the whole structure collapse.
You fear that if they see the cracks, they will see the ruin underneath. But the light does not need you to hold it together.
There is a father who saw his son coming home from a long way off, still covered in the dust of his failure. He did not wait for the speech.
He ran. The light knows what is hidden, not to expose you, but to hold you before you even fall.
You are not a fraud waiting to be found out. You are a child who is already known.
Drawing from
Luke, 1 John
Verses
Luke 15:20, 1 John 3:19-20
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