Love Runs Before Words Are Spoken
The sun is rising, but your hands are shaking because you saw the name on the screen and realized the silence has become permanent. You are no longer allowed to type a single word to the person you are desperate to reach.
The cursor blinks like a warning, not an invitation. In this first light, the world feels like a door that has been locked from the other side.
But listen — the light does not require your words to reach the ones it loves. There was a father who saw his son coming home from a long way off.
He did not wait for the speech. He did not wait for the apology to be typed out, perfected, and sent.
He ran. Before the first word could be spoken, he was already there, arms open, heart exposed.
The light runs toward you even when your hands are tied. Even when the keyboard is silent.
The connection was never in the text you sent. It was in the love that sent it.
And that love cannot be blocked by a screen or a silence or a name you can no longer type. The sun is up.
The silence is real. But the love is louder.
Drawing from
Luke 15:20, Luke 1:78-79
Verses
Luke 15:20, Luke 1:78-79
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