The Light That Waits With You
The three dots appeared, a small pulse of hope in the dark, and then they vanished without a word. You are left staring at the silence, wondering what broke the connection before it even began.
But notice — the light does not require a reply to be real. Thomas said the kingdom is inside you, not in the message that arrives or the one that doesn't.
The dots were just pixels; the love that holds you is the ground beneath your feet. You came from the light, and you return to it, regardless of who sees your text or who walks away.
The silence of the other person cannot extinguish the fire that was cast upon the world and is being guarded until it blazes. You are not defined by the unanswered message, but by the light that refuses to leave you alone in the wait.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Thomas
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