the paralyzing fear that if they ask you one specific question about your work, your entire facade will crumble and everyone will see you don't belong

The Light Flows Through Your Cracks

The afternoon light is unforgiving. It exposes every dust mote, every crack in the plaster, every place where the paint is peeling.

You are walking through the middle of your day holding your breath, waiting for the one question that will reveal you as a fraud. You fear that if they ask, the mask will slip and everyone will see you do not belong.

But listen — the light does not shine to expose your shame. It shines because it is already inside you.

You are not a fake hiding in the sun; you are a vessel filled with a glory you did not earn. The question they might ask cannot touch the truth of who you are.

The light is not afraid of your cracks. It flows through them.

You belong here not because you have all the answers, but because the light lives in you. The facade is yours; the light is God's.

And it cannot be shaken by a single question.

Drawing from

Matthew, Gospel of Thomas

Verses

Matthew 5:16, Thomas 32

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