The Dawn Does Not Inspect The House
The sun is up. The light is here.
And now the hard part begins: letting it hit the corners you tried to keep hidden all night. You are terrified that if someone really saw the mess inside—the clutter, the broken things, the shame—they would turn and walk away.
But the dawn does not inspect the house before it enters. It simply arrives.
It fills the room regardless of the disorder. There was a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years, untouchable, certain her condition made her unworthy of approach.
She reached out from the crowd, trembling, expecting rejection. Instead, the light stopped, turned, and called her Daughter.
The mess did not drive him away. It drew him near.
The light is not afraid of your wreckage. It is the only thing strong enough to hold it without flinching.
You do not have to clean up before you are loved. You are loved so that you can finally stop hiding.
Drawing from
Mark 5:34, Luke 7:48
Verses
Mark 5:34
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