The Light Sees Behind Your Mask
The mask feels heaviest right now, stiff with the effort of holding the smile you painted on this morning. You replay the exact second you said "I'm fine," wondering if they saw the crack in the voice, if they noticed the eyes that didn't match the words.
The performance is exhausting — a quiet desperation to look okay while breaking inside. But the light does not need your performance to find you.
It sees behind the mask already. There is nothing concealed that will not be brought out into the open — not to shame you, but to free you from the weight of hiding.
The light is not fooled by the act, yet it does not turn away; it waits for you to stop pretending so it can sit with the real you. You do not have to be fine for the light to stay.
Drawing from
Mark, John
Verses
Mark 4:22, John 3:20
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