The Reaching Itself Is Prayer
The watch is deep, and your hands are hovering in the dark, frozen mid-reach because you remember the last time they pulled away. You know the exact second the warmth vanished, the exact weight of the silence that followed.
But listen — the light does not recoil from the tremor in your fingers. It sees the hesitation and calls it courage, not failure.
There is a mercy waiting for you that is greater than your fear of rejection, a peace that guards your heart even when you feel unworthy to ask. You do not have to be steady to be held.
The reaching itself is the prayer.
Drawing from
Gospel of Mary 5:4-5, 1 John 3:19-20
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