Light Arrives Before Your Courage
The sun is rising, and with it comes the heavy script you have been rehearsing all night. The words are perfect in your mind, yet they stick in your throat, waiting for a courage that feels impossible to find.
You are afraid to speak because you are afraid of what happens after the silence breaks. But listen — the light has already arrived without your permission.
It did not wait for you to be brave. It did not wait for you to say you were sorry.
It simply came, as it always does, to guide your feet into the path of peace. You do not need to fix the past this morning.
You only need to take the next step. The Father's tender mercy has already run ahead of you to meet the person you fear facing.
Your apology is not the thing that saves you. The light that shines on you right now is.
Drawing from
Luke, 1 John
Verses
Luke 1:78-79, 1 John 2:8
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