The Light That Never Left Your Chest
The pillow holds the shape of your head because you have been crying into it for an hour, and now the sun is coming up whether you slept or not. That light returning is not a demand to perform okayness; it is simply the world saying you are still here.
There is a peace that does not look like a full night's rest, a peace that arrives quietly while you are still tired. Do not let your heart be troubled by the exhaustion you carry into this new day.
The light that woke up outside your window is the same light that never left your chest while you wept. It does not require you to be fresh to be present.
You made it through the night, and that is enough.
Drawing from
John, Mark
Verses
John 14:1, Mark 5:34
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