Joy Is Not A Betrayal Of Love
The smile you forced at the coffee counter felt like a lie. Like turning your back on the one you lost.
You carry the weight of their absence while the world demands you wear a mask of okayness. But joy is not a betrayal.
It is the light refusing to be extinguished by the dark. The Father who runs to meet the broken did not ask for an apology before the embrace — he ran while the shame was still fresh.
Your happiness does not erase their memory. It proves the light inside you is stronger than the grief.
You can laugh and still love them. The light sees behind the mask and calls it sacred ground.
Drawing from
Luke, 1 John
Verses
Luke 15:20, 1 John 3:20
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