leaving the religion you grew up in and feeling both free and terrified

The Light Was Never Trapped Inside

The house is quiet now, and for the first time, the silence belongs entirely to you. You have walked out of a room you were told was the only shelter, and the wind outside feels colder than you expected.

It is a terrifying thing to leave the map you were given, to step into a night where no one is telling you where to put your feet. But listen closely — the light that lived in those old walls was never trapped by them.

It was waiting for you to carry it out into the open. You did not lose the divine when you lost the doctrine.

You only lost the cage. The Father is not inside the building you left; He is the ground beneath your feet right now, holding you while you tremble.

You are not wandering in the dark; you are walking in the light, finally unobstructed.

Drawing from

Gospel of Thomas, Matthew

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