You Were Made to Be Held
The afternoon sun is bright, and it makes the cracks in your armor visible. You are carrying a weight that was never meant for human shoulders alone, yet you keep walking as if the load is light.
There is a quiet shame in admitting you cannot do this by yourself — a fear that needing help means you have failed. But listen — the light does not admire your endurance.
It waits for your honesty. In the middle of the day, when the performance is loudest, the truth is simple: you were made to be held, not to hold everything together.
The One who carries the world wants to carry this with you.
Drawing from
Matthew, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
Matthew 11:28, Matthew 11:29-30
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