Safe Enough to Take the Costume Off
The door clicks shut, and your hands are still shaking from holding the mask in place all day. You lean against the wood, terrified that someone saw the cracks, that the performance slipped and they saw the real you underneath.
But the light does not need your act to stay, and it does not leave when the acting stops. There is a peace waiting in this quiet room that is not like the peace the world gives — it does not depend on how well you played your part.
You are not a fraud who got away with it; you are a child who is finally safe enough to take the costume off. The light saw you today, and it loved what it saw behind the eyes.
Drawing from
John, 1 John
Verses
John 14:27, 1 John 3:1
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