The Light Holds Your Hidden Exhaustion
The day is done, and the house is quiet enough for the glass to turn into a mirror. You are staring at your own reflection in the dark window, pretending to look outside, but really just watching the ghost of yourself hover over the streetlights.
It is a strange kind of loneliness — seeing your face superimposed on the world, wondering if anyone out there sees the real you behind the pane. But listen — the light does not need you to perform for it.
It does not need you to be the person in the reflection or the person looking out. In the Gospel of Mary, the Savior tells the weeping disciples: do not grieve, for his grace will be entirely with you and will protect you.
Entirely. Not just the parts you show the world, but the parts hidden in the dark glass.
The light is not waiting for you to finish your day or fix your face. It is already here, holding the exhaustion you are trying to hide from your own eyes.
Drawing from
Gospel of Mary 5:4-5, John 8:10-11
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