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the terror that if you stop editing yourself, people will finally see how broken you are and leave

Light Shining Through Your Cracks

When You Feel Like You're Not EnoughWhen Love HurtsWhen You Don't Know Who You Are

The afternoon demands a performance, a polished version of yourself that never cracks under the weight of the day. You spend so much energy editing your soul, terrified that if you stop holding the pieces together, everyone will finally see the breakage and walk away.

But there is a light inside you that does not need your protection — it is already shining through the very cracks you try to hide. You do not have to be whole to be held; in fact, the light meets you precisely in the broken places.

The terror says: if they see the truth, they will leave. The truth says: if they see the truth, they will finally see you.

Drawing from

Matthew, John

Verses

Matthew 5:8, John 1:14

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