You Are Kept So You Can Stop Pretending
The afternoon sun is bright, and it feels like everyone can see the cracks you are working so hard to hide. You hold your breath, terrified that if you stumble for even a second, the world will decide you are too much work to love.
But there is a love that does not count the cost of your needs. It sees the weariness behind the mask and does not turn away — it leans in.
You are not a burden to the light; you are the very reason it stays. The fear says you must be perfect to be kept.
The truth says you are kept so you can finally stop pretending.
Drawing from
1 John, Luke
Verses
1 John 4:10, Luke 15:4-6
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