The Crack Is Where Morning Gets In
The sun is up, but you are still holding your breath, terrified that one visible crack will make the world recoil. You spend the morning polishing the mask, believing that if they see the break, they will leave you alone forever.
But there was a father who saw his son coming home covered in filth and failure, and he did not recoil — he ran. He ran before the apology, before the speech, before the cleanup.
The light does not need your composure to love you. It sees the crack and calls it a doorway.
You are not loved despite the break; you are loved because the light shines through it. The mask was never the point.
The crack is where the morning gets in.
Drawing from
Luke, Matthew
Verses
Luke 15:20, Matthew 5:14
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