What happens when love is buried beneath silence? After years apart, Absalom returns to Jerusalem, not to his father’s arms. David keeps his distance, offering position but withholding presence. The pain between them remains unspoken, like a wound no one will clean. The palace is full, yet the home feels empty. Sometimes the deepest fractures aren’t physical—they’re relational. We know this kind of silence. Maybe it’s the call we never make, the apology we never say, the forgiveness we delay. But God never leaves us stuck in our unspoken pain. He breaks through hardened hearts with compassion. Micah 7:19 reminds us: God casts our sins into the sea. He doesn’t ignore brokenness—He heals it. If we want to reflect His heart, we must risk love even when it hurts. May we become people who choose reconciliation over resentment and mercy over pride, trusting that healing begins when we stop pretending we’re not wounded.