The Morning Does Not Require Your Performance
The screen is black now, but the ache in your chest is loud. You are rehearsing the words you will say tomorrow, building a wall of explanation before the sun has even risen.
But listen — the rising sun comes to you not because you have a good excuse, but because of tender mercy. It shines on those living in the shadow of death, not just those who have their act together.
You do not have to explain your absence to the light for it to find you. It is already guiding your feet into the path of peace, step by step, before you speak a single word.
The morning does not require your performance to begin.
Drawing from
Luke, Matthew
Verses
Luke 1:78-79, Matthew 11:28
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