The Embrace Before The Apology
The silence after your voice cracked feels heavy enough to crush the room. You offered them your fracture, and now you are busy building walls to make them comfortable again.
But listen — the light does not need your polish to do its work. 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 embrace came first. The restoration happened while the dust was still on the road.
Your trembling is not a failure of faith; it is the sound of the mask finally breaking. The light shines brightest through the cracks you are trying to hide.
You do not need to smooth this over. The crack is where the glory got out.
Drawing from
Luke, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
Luke 15:20
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