Laughter Is Not A Betrayal Of Love

The sun is rising, and for the first time since the loss, you laughed at a memory. Then the panic hit—the fear that joy is a betrayal of how much they are missed.

But listen: the light does not ask you to carry the grief as proof of your love. There was a man born blind, and his disciples asked if his condition was punishment for sin.

The light answered: neither this man nor his parents sinned. His pain was not a verdict; it was a canvas.

Your laughter is not a verdict either. It is not a sign that you loved them less.

It is the light breaking through the darkness that has not overcome it. Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.

The mercy includes permission to breathe again. The dawn is not asking you to forget; it is asking you to live.