The Light That Runs to Meet You
The smile you wear this morning feels heavy, like a mask glued to skin that is screaming underneath. You are carrying a secret confession so dark you are convinced that if anyone saw it, they would turn away forever.
But there is a Father who saw his son coming home from a long way off — covered in the filth of his own choices — and he did not wait for the apology. He ran.
The light does not need you to be clean before it comes close. It sees the mask, and it sees the wound beneath, and it loves both.
You are terrified of being found out, but the truth is already known by the one who calls you friend. The secret you fear is the very thing the light is waiting to hold.
Drawing from
Luke, John
Verses
Luke 15:20, John 15:15
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