He Hears the Cough You Hide
The silence in the room is heavy, but your hunger is louder. You cough to cover the sound, pretending it was just a tickle in your throat, while your body begs for bread you cannot ask for.
In this deepest hour, when the shame of being empty feels like a physical weight, remember the table where the light sat with thousands who had nothing. He did not send them away hungry.
He took the little that was offered and broke it until there was more than enough. The light does not ignore the growl of your stomach or the ache in your gut.
It hears the cough you use to hide it. And it is already reaching for what little you have, ready to break it open, ready to feed you in the dark.
Drawing from
Mark 6:37-38, Mark 6:34
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