Your Pain Is Where Light Shines
The sun is setting, and with it comes the quiet, dangerous thought that your absence would be a gift to the ones you love. You imagine them breathing easier if you were simply gone, unburdened by the weight of your brokenness.
But the light does not measure worth by utility or lack of need. There was a man born blind, and the question arose: who sinned to cause this darkness?
The answer was neither him nor his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. Your pain is not a flaw to be hidden; it is the very canvas where the divine becomes visible.
You do not vanish to save them. You stay, and in your staying, the light finds a place to shine.
Drawing from
John 9:1-7, John 9:3
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