The Dawn Does Not Wait
The sun is coming up, and with it comes the sharp, sudden memory of the moment you hurt them. You are certain they remember it exactly as you do—the words, the tone, the silence that followed.
But the rising sun does not wait for your apology to break the dark; it shines anyway. There is a light within you that was there before the mistake, and it remains untouched by the shame you carry today.
God's mercy meets you not in your perfection, but in your regret. You do not have to fix the past to be held in this present moment.
The light is not a judge reviewing the case; it is the dawn that says you can begin again.
Drawing from
Luke, 1 John
Verses
Luke 1:78-79, 1 John 2:8
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