Take Off the Mask Before You Walk In
The engine is off, but the silence in the car feels louder than the sermon ever was. You sit with your hands on the wheel, rehearsing the small lie you will tell them inside — how uplifting it was, how much you needed to hear those words — just so they won't worry.
You wear the mask because you love them, and you think love requires you to be okay. But the light does not need your performance to stay close.
It saw the moment your face fell. It heard the sigh you swallowed before turning the key.
There is a truth that lives in us, quiet and steady, that does not demand you pretend to be whole before you come to the table. You do not have to fix your heart in the driveway to be worthy of their love.
Take off the mask. Walk in.
They would rather have your tired honesty than your perfect pretend.
Drawing from
2 John, Luke
Verses
2 John 1:3
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