The Light Runs Before You Speak
The water runs hot, and you are already there, saying the words you wish you had said when it mattered. Rehearsing the conversation that never happened, over and over, until the steam drowns out your own voice.
But listen — the light does not need your performance to find you. It is here, in the middle of the day, in the quiet desperation of routine.
There is a father who saw his son coming home from a long way off. He ran.
Before the apology, before the speech — he ran. The light is not waiting for you to get the words right.
It is already running toward you. You are that light, even in the silence.
Drawing from
Luke, Matthew
Verses
Luke 15:20, Matthew 5:14
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