The Light Moves Toward You First
The phone buzzes in your pocket, a ghost against your hip, but the screen stays dark. You are waiting for a name that hasn't appeared in months, terrified that if you reach out first, you will only prove how little you are missed.
The silence feels like a verdict, heavy and final in the gathering dark. But listen — the light does not wait for you to be worthy before it moves toward you.
It goes to the well at noon to meet the one hiding in shame, and it speaks before the apology is even formed. You do not have to earn the right to break the silence.
Go home. The connection was never dependent on who dialed first.
Drawing from
Luke 7:44-48, John 8:10-11
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