The Sun Shines Before You Apologize
The sun is up, and with it comes the quiet terror of realizing you have become the person who refuses to apologize. You stand rigid in the morning light, protecting a silence that feels like strength but is actually a wall.
Yet the rising sun does not wait for you to be right before it shines on you; it comes anyway, by tender mercy, to guide your feet into the path of peace. There is a peace that does not depend on your perfection, a rest that waits for you to stop performing and simply breathe.
The light sees the armor you wore all night, and it knows you are ready to take it off. You do not have to carry the weight of being unyielding into this new day.
Drawing from
Luke, Matthew
Verses
Luke 1:78-79, Matthew 11:29-30
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