The Light That Stays With Broken Ones
The terror whispers that if they saw the rot inside you, they would finally agree you should leave. In this hour, the darkness feels like the only truth you have.
But listen — there is a love that does not need you to clean yourself up first. There was a man caught in the very act, dragged into the light with nothing to hide behind, and the one who saw everything did not throw a stone.
He bent down. He waited.
He let the accusers leave until it was just him and the broken one. And he said: neither do I condemn you.
The light sees the rot. It knows the worst parts you are hiding.
And it does not run. It stays.
It calls you daughter. It calls you son.
You are not being tolerated until they figure you out. You are being held precisely because they know.
Drawing from
John, Luke
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