The Light Sees Your Trembling Heart
The house is quiet now, but your mind is loud, replaying a single sentence you spoke three days ago. You dissect the tone, the timing, the slight hesitation, convinced it revealed the imposter hiding behind your eyes.
You are sure everyone heard the fraud in your voice. But the light does not hear what you hear.
It sees the trembling heart behind the stumble. There is light within a person of light, and it lights up the whole world—even the parts you think are dark.
The darkness has not overcome it. Your awkwardness did not drive the light away; it merely proved you are human.
The voice that called you friend before you ever spoke a perfect word is not keeping a ledger of your stumbles. It is sitting with you in this quiet, loving the real you, not the performance you wish you had given.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, John
Verses
John 1:5
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