The Dawn Rises Before You Speak
The sun is rising, and the words you rehearsed to the empty air last night are still caught in your throat. You practiced the apology that never landed, the speech that had no one to hear it.
But listen — the kingdom is inside you, and it is outside you. You do not need to find the right moment to make the light real; it is already here, spread out upon the earth, even in this quiet morning.
What you look forward to — the forgiveness, the relief, the chance to make it right — has already come, though you do not recognize it yet. The dawn does not wait for your perfection to break the dark.
It rises anyway. You are seen before you speak.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas 3, Gospel of Thomas 51, John 1:48
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