Your Broken Voice Is Still A Bridge
The night is gathering, and with it comes the quiet terror that your voice is too damaged to be heard. You have rehearsed the words a thousand times, only to swallow them back down, convinced that the brokenness in your throat will distort the message into something unrecognizable.
But the light does not require perfect pitch to understand the song. There is a seeing that happens not through the ears, but through the mind that sits between thought and feeling.
When you finally speak, even if the words crack, even if the sound is barely a whisper, the one who listens is not listening for polish. They are listening for you.
The light was there before the voice broke, and it will be there long after the silence ends. Your broken voice is still a bridge.
Drawing from
Gospel of Mary 7:1-3, Gospel of Thomas 24
Verses
Gospel of Mary 7:1-3
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