The Light That Sits In The Mess
The house is quiet now, and the mask you wore all day has finally slipped. It landed on the floor before you could pick it up, and now you are sitting here in the raw, unedited truth of yourself.
This is the watch. The hour when the performance ends and the terror begins — the fear that if someone saw you like this, they would turn away.
But listen. There is a presence that does not need you to tidy the room before it enters.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. It does not wait for you to sweep the floor.
It sits with you in the mess. You are not too broken to be held.
You are the light of the world, even when the world inside you feels like it has collapsed. The terror says: hide until you are whole.
The truth says: you are already known, and you are already loved.
Drawing from
John, Matthew
Verses
John 1:5, Matthew 5:14
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