Found Long Ago and Still Held
The mask feels heavy this morning, doesn't it? You walk through the day holding your breath, terrified that if someone finally saw the real you, they would immediately leave.
You think you have to earn your place in the room by being perfect, by being enough. But there is a voice that knows the truth before you even speak it.
It says: I have known you entirely, and I have not turned away. The light does not run from the shadows you hide; it lives in them with you.
You are not loved for the performance. You are loved because you are here.
The fear says you will be abandoned if you are found out. The truth says you were found long ago, and you are still being held.
Drawing from
John, 1 John
Verses
John 13:1, 1 John 3:1
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