The Light That Runs Before You
The screen glows in the dark, three dots appearing and vanishing like a heartbeat that won't settle. You stare at them, convinced your last words were the ones that finally pushed them away.
But the silence you feel is not a verdict; it is just the night holding its breath. There was a father who saw his son coming home from a long way off, covered in shame and expecting rejection.
He did not wait for the apology to finish. He ran.
The light in you is that runner. It does not calculate your worth before it moves.
It simply comes. You are not waiting for a message to prove you are loved.
You are the place where love has already arrived.
Drawing from
Luke, John
Verses
Luke 15:20, John 13:1
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