You Are the Light, Not the Shadow
The morning light is honest, and sometimes it shows you a face you do not know. You look in the mirror and see a stranger wearing your skin, someone hardened by the night, someone you cannot recognize.
But the sun does not stop rising because you feel broken; it climbs anyway, spilling gold on the floor just as it did yesterday. There is a tenderness in this new hour that does not care about your confusion.
The rising sun comes to shine on those living in darkness, not to judge them, but to guide their feet into the path of peace. You are not the shadow you see in your own eyes.
You are the light that makes the shadow visible.
Drawing from
Luke, Matthew
Verses
Luke 1:78-79, Matthew 5:14
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