The Light Held On When You Looked Away
The sun has gone down, and now the room is quiet enough for the memory to return. You see it again: the exact second your eyes dropped while they were hurting you.
The shame of that glance away feels heavier now than the blow itself. You think you abandoned them in their darkest moment.
But listen — the light was not looking at your eyes. It was holding the one who fell.
Even while you looked down, the Father's love was already wrapping around the broken place you couldn't bear to witness. You did not break the connection.
The light held on when your vision failed. Your gaze may have wandered, but the love never left.
Drawing from
Luke 22:61-62, Psalm 139:7-10
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