feeling like a fraud — imposter syndrome

The Feast Was Never for the Perfect

The day is done, and the mask you wore so well is finally heavy enough to drop. You feel like a fraud because the performance is over, and now only the quiet remains.

But listen — the light does not ask for your credentials. It does not require you to be impressive to be held.

There was a father who saw his son coming home from a long way off, still covered in the dust of his failure. He did not wait for the apology.

He ran. Before the speech, before the excuse — he ran.

The light sees behind the act you played today and loves the one who is tired. You are not an imposter in this house.

You are the child who has finally come in from the cold. The feast was never for the perfect; it was for the found.

Drawing from

Luke, 1 John

Verses

Luke 15:20, 1 John 3:1

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