The Light Waits For Your Hand
The sun has gone down, and with it, the energy you used to hold yourself together. Now the armor is off, and the shame is sitting heavy in the room, whispering that you have lost everything you built.
But listen — the light does not count your stumbles the way you do. There was a woman who had suffered for twelve years, spending all she had, only to get worse, yet she reached out from the crowd and touched the edge of a cloak.
She did not need to be clean first. She did not need a perfect record.
She just needed to reach. The light stopped the whole crowd to turn to her and say: go in peace.
Your relapse is not the end of your story; it is just the moment you realized you need to reach again. The light is not shocked by your fall; it is waiting for your hand.
Drawing from
Mark, Luke
Verses
Mark 5:34, Luke 8:17
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