Love Washes Away The Heavy Shame
The weight of what you whispered in the dark feels like a chain now that the silence is back. You told a lie to protect something you love, and the shame of that lie sits heavy on your chest.
But hear this: the light that lives inside your child knows the truth of you before the lie was spoken. It knows the father who is tired.
It knows the mother who is afraid. It sees you not as a deceiver, but as a soul who is still here.
The shame is real, yes—but the love that holds your child is greater than the lie, and it is waiting, right now, to wash the shame clean.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, 1 John
Verses
Thomas 70, 1 John 3:20
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