Stop Trying to Be the Fortress

The afternoon sun is bright, but inside, you are already bracing for the night. You are calculating your own strength, measuring your willpower against the darkness that comes, and the math is not adding up.

You are terrified that when the house goes quiet, you will not be strong enough to stay clean. But the light does not ask you to be strong enough.

It asks you to be honest enough. There was a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years, spent everything she had, and grew worse.

She did not fix herself before reaching out. She just touched the edge.

And the power went out of him. Not because she was clean, but because she was desperate.

You do not have to hold the line alone tonight. The one who is in you is greater than the pull you feel.

The victory has already overcome the world. Stop trying to be the fortress.

Just stay near the light.