The Light Does Not Recoil From You
The day is ending, and the armor you wore so well finally feels heavy enough to drop. You are rehearsing a confession in the quiet, terrified that if you speak the truth, their pity will curdle into disgust.
But listen — the light does not recoil from what you hide. It saw the shadow long before you named it, and it did not turn away.
There is no fear in love, because perfect love drives out every trace of dread. The truth you are guarding is not a weapon; it is the very thing the light is waiting to hold.
You do not have to earn your place at the table by being clean first. The feast is for the ones who are found, not the ones who are flawless.
Drawing from
1 John, Luke
Verses
1 John 4:18, Luke 15:22-24
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