The Guest Who Never Left
The steam rises from the pot, filling the kitchen with the scent of something you used to make for two. You reach for the second plate before your hand remembers what your heart still refuses to accept.
The silence that follows is not empty; it is the space where the light waits to sit with you. In the middle of the day, when the routine feels heaviest, the light does not ask you to cook for a crowd or even for yourself.
It simply asks to share the meal. You are not dining alone.
The presence you feel in the quiet is not a memory; it is the guest who never left.
Drawing from
Mark 5:19, Gospel of Mary 5:2-4
Verses
Gospel of Mary 5:2-4
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