The Light That Sees You Now

Tonight, the house is quiet enough to hear the doubt whispering in your own throat. You tried to speak it aloud, to let the shadow out, and you watched the light in another believer's eyes go cold.

That chill feels like abandonment. It feels like you have stepped outside the circle where the light lives.

But the darkness has not overcome it. The light does not depend on human eyes staying warm.

It was there before their gaze softened, and it is there now, even in their silence. The true light gives light to everyone, even when they are too afraid to reflect it back.

You are not alone in the dark because someone else looked away. You are alone with the One who never blinks.

The light you feared you lost is the very thing that sees you now.