The Embrace Precedes Your Worthiness
The night is done, and yet here you sit, paralyzed by the fear that you did not deserve the mercy you asked for in the dark.
You are waiting to be rejected, just as the father ran—before the speech, before the apology, before the worthiness could even be claimed.
Do you see that the running happened first?
There is no measurement of worthiness that precedes the embrace.
If your heart condemns you, know that the light is greater than your heart.
It was always inside you, untouched by the unworthiness you constructed in the night.
Stay in this quiet, and let the morning reveal that you were never unworthy, only waiting to be seen.
Drawing from
Luke 15:20, 1 John 3:20
Verses
Luke 15:20, 1 John 3:20
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