The Light Before Your Apology
The sun is rising, and you find yourself carrying the weight of words you swore you would never speak. You feel a fresh shame for having become the person you feared becoming.
But listen closely — the light does not keep a record of your failures. It does not mark where you fell.
There is a father who saw his son coming from a long way off, and before any apology was formed, he ran. The running happened before the speech.
The feast was prepared before the excuse. You are not defined by what broke you, but by the light that was inside you even in that moment.
The old words are part of the past, but the light is still here, waiting for you to wake up to it.
Drawing from
Luke 15:20, 1 John 3:20
Verses
Luke 15:20, 1 John 3:20
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