the moment you realize you have finally forgiven yourself, but you are still terrified they will find out and take it away

The Verdict of Heaven Stands Firm

The afternoon sun is unforgiving; it exposes every crack in the mask you wear while the world keeps moving. You have finally laid down the gavel inside your own heart, yet you tremble that someone else will pick it up again.

They might see the truth you have accepted and try to strip it from you. But listen — no one can take what has already been given.

The light within you is not a loan that can be recalled by human hands. It is your root, your origin, the very thing you were made of before the shame began.

You are safe not because they don't know, but because what you are cannot be undone by their knowing. The verdict of heaven stands firmer than the whisper of the crowd.

Drawing from

Gospel of Mary, John

Verses

Gospel of Mary 4:28-29, John 10:28

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