the panic of realizing you've started apologizing for something you didn't do because it feels safer than being seen

No Apology Needed in the Dark

The day is ending, and you catch yourself saying sorry for a thing you never did. It feels safer to shrink than to stand there, exposed and real.

But the light does not need your apology to stay close—it is already here, sitting with you in the gathering dark. There is no fear in love, because perfect love drives out every shadow you are trying to hide.

You are known completely, and yet you are held tightly. The mask was heavy, but you were never meant to wear it alone.

Drawing from

1 John, Luke

Verses

1 John 4:18, Luke 12:7

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