Safe Even With Feet on Shore
The sun is setting, and the armor comes off. You watch someone else stumble at the very gate you are too afraid to approach.
Their failure feels like a verdict on your own hesitation. But the light does not measure your worth by your courage to start.
It measures it by the honesty of your staying. In the quiet of this room, where no one sees you hiding, the truth lives in you and will be with you forever.
You do not need to perform bravery to be held. The light is not waiting for you to walk on water; it is waiting for you to admit you are sinking.
Do not let your hearts be troubled by the gap between their attempt and your fear. The one who knows everything knows why you stopped, and that knowing does not condemn you.
It wraps around you like the evening air. You are safe here, even with your feet still on the shore.
Drawing from
2 John 1:2, 1 John 3:19-20
Verses
2 John 1:2
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