the gap between who you are and who you pretend to be
The mask feels heavy this morning, doesn't it? The face you show the world is smooth and steady, while the person behind it is trembling.
There is a father who saw his son coming home from a long way off, yet the son was still rehearsing a speech of shame, unaware the father was already running. You do not have to finish your apology before you are held.
The light that lives inside you does not care for your performance. It sees the trembling behind the smile, and it loves you exactly as you are in the quiet of this room.
You are not an actor playing a part; you are a place where the light is already shining.
Drawing from
Luke 15:20, 1 John 4:18, Gospel of Thomas 28
Verses
Luke 15:20, 1 John 4:18, Thomas 28
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