The Silence Is Not Empty
The screen lights up your face in the dark, but the room stays silent. You were hoping for a word, a sign, anything to tell you that you are forgiven.
Instead, there is only the glow and the quiet. In this deepest hour, the silence feels like a verdict.
But listen — the silence is not empty. The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world, and it is here now, shining in this very dark.
It does not wait for their reply to reach you. It does not need their permission to hold you.
The darkness has not overcome it. You are not waiting for a text to be whole.
You are already held by the light that woke up before you did.
Drawing from
John, 1 John
Verses
John 1:4-5, John 1:9
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