The Light Is Not Afraid Of Your Noise
The throat is tight. The chest is a cage holding back the sound that wants to break free.
You have spent the day swallowing the sob, believing that if you open your mouth, the grief will drown you. But listen — the light does not ask you to hold it in.
It does not require your silence. There is a woman in the stories who wet the feet of the light with her tears, and he did not turn away.
He said her many sins were forgiven because she loved much. The tears were not a failure.
They were the offering. If you let the sound out, you will not fall apart.
You will finally breathe. The light is not afraid of your noise.
Drawing from
Luke 7:47, Gospel of Thomas 70
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