The Light Knows Your True Name
The sun is just touching the horizon, and the house is holding its breath. You said your name out loud a moment ago, just to check if it still fit, if the person who woke up is the same one who went to sleep.
It felt thin. Like a coat that no longer buttons.
But listen — the light does not call you by the name you gave yourself yesterday. It calls you by the one it wrote on your heart before you drew your first breath.
The rising sun is not asking you to perform or to prove you are still here. It is simply shining on those living in the shadow of death, guiding your feet into the path of peace.
You do not have to earn the right to this new day. The dawn arrives whether you feel ready or not.
The name fits because the Light knows who you are, even when you have forgotten.
Drawing from
Luke, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
Luke 1:78-79
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