You Do Not Have To Hide Your Tears

The house is quiet now, but your heart is racing with the memory of their small, brave smile. You saw it tonight—the way they swallowed their own tears so they wouldn't add another ounce to your already heavy shoulders.

They are learning to be invisible in their pain, thinking that silence is the only gift they have left to give you. But listen closely.

The light does not need you to be strong for each other. It does not require you to carry the weight alone while they hide in the dark.

In the secret place where no one sees, where the Father sees what is done in hiding, there is room for every unshed tear. You do not have to protect the light from your grief.

It is not fragile. It is the very thing that holds you both when the mask finally falls.

The silence you keep to save each other is the very wall that keeps you from being known.