The Silence That Holds You
The screen lights up your face in the dark, a tiny square of hope against the heavy silence of the house. You check it again.
No names. No messages.
Just the quiet hum of a world that seems to have forgotten you exist. But listen — the silence of people is not the silence of God.
There is a love that does not sleep, a watchfulness that never blinks, holding you even when the notifications stop. You are not waiting for someone to remember you; you are being held by the One who knows your name better than you know it yourself.
The light inside you is already awake, and it is enough.
Drawing from
1 John, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
1 John 4:10, Gospel of Thomas 50
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