Let the Mask Crack and Step Through
The hand hovers over the knob, heavy with the weight of a smile that feels like paper thin ice. You have practiced the expression until it hurts, knowing it will shatter the moment someone looks past the performance and sees the tremor in your eyes.
But there was one who walked out into the gathering dark not to be seen, but to see you. He does not need your mask to remain intact.
He knows the face behind the face. The light does not demand a performance; it only asks for presence.
You are not required to hold the smile together. Let it crack.
Let the real you step through. The darkness outside cannot extinguish the quiet fire that walks with you.
Drawing from
John, Luke
Verses
John 1:14, Luke 24:13-35
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