The Father Runs Before You Speak
The screen is the only light in the room, and it feels like a verdict. You are waiting for a word that might not come, or worse, a silence that feels like rejection.
In this hour, the darkness tells you that you are alone with your need. But there was a father who saw his son coming home from a long way off.
He ran. Before the apology, before the speech — he ran.
The light does not wait for you to be worthy of a reply. It is already moving toward you.
You are not defined by the silence of a phone. You are defined by the love that holds you even when no one answers.
The waiting is not empty. It is full of a presence that will not leave you.
Drawing from
Luke, 1 John
Verses
Luke 15:20, 1 John 4:16
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