The Light Loves the Face Beneath
The afternoon demands a performance, a mask that smiles while the inside is quietly breaking. You fear that if you stop moving, if you let the act drop, the people who love the costume will walk away from the real you.
But the light does not love the mask — it loves the face beneath it. There is a father who saw his son coming home from a long way off, covered in the dust of his failure, and he ran before the apology was even spoken.
The light runs toward the unperformed you. It does not need your effort to stay close.
You are worth more than the approval you are trying to earn. The mask was never the point of the love you receive.
Drawing from
Luke, Matthew
Verses
Luke 15:20, Matthew 10:31
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