scrolling through old photos of them and stopping on the one where they look happiest, knowing you can never show it to anyone

Dawn Sits With Your Private Sorrow

The sun is coming up, and you are still holding that one photo—the one where they look happiest, the one you can never show anyone. Dawn does not ask you to put the phone down or explain the grief; it simply arrives, soft and certain, to sit with you in the silence.

There is a light that gives light to everyone, and it shines on this private sorrow just as surely as it shines on the open sky. You do not have to carry yesterday's weight into this new day alone.

The rising sun comes to guide your feet into the path of peace, even when your heart is still looking back. Morning is not a demand to forget; it is an invitation to breathe again.

Drawing from

Luke 1:78-79, John 1:9

Verses

Luke 1:78-79, John 1:9

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