The Dawn Does Not Drop the Earth

The sun is up, and you made it through another night. But now the light feels dangerous, exposing the weight you've been carrying alone.

You are terrified that if you finally let someone hold you, they will feel how broken you truly are and drop you. That fear says you must stay small, stay hidden, stay safe.

But the light that just broke the horizon does not check the weight of what it touches before it shines. It rises on the whole world without hesitation.

The Father who saw you while you were still a long way off did not run to test your load; he ran to embrace you. You are not too heavy for the hands that hold the universe.

The dawn does not drop the earth because it is weary; it lifts it into the day. You were made to be held, not to be carried by yourself.