Mercy Runs Before You Speak
The sun is up, but your mind is still stuck in that room, replaying the exact sharpness of your voice. You hear the tone that made them flinch, over and over, wishing you could reach back through time to soften it.
But the light does not dwell in the past; it rises anew every morning to show you that mercy is not a resource you depleted yesterday. There was a father who saw his son coming home from a long way off.
He ran. Before the apology, before the speech — he ran.
The dawn is not asking you to fix what you cannot change; it is inviting you to receive the grace that has already arrived. The night held your regret, but the morning holds your restoration.
Drawing from
Luke 15:20, Luke 1:78-79
Verses
Luke 15:20, Luke 1:78-79
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