The Light Loves the Face Underneath
The mask fits so perfectly this morning that no one suspects the terror beneath it. You walk through the day performing okayness, convinced that if anyone saw the real you, they would turn away.
But the light does not love the costume; it loves the face underneath. There is a secret name written on a white stone that no one else knows—only you and the Father.
That name is your true self, and it is already fully loved. You do not have to earn the right to be seen by hiding your cracks.
The light shines not despite your humanity, but through it. Take off the armor; the people who matter will not leave when you stop performing.
Drawing from
Revelation, John
Verses
Revelation 2:17, John 1:16
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