The Light Knows Your Hidden Mess
The mask fits so perfectly this morning that even you are starting to believe it is your face. You walk through the day terrified that someone will lift the edge, see the chaos underneath, and finally walk away for good.
But the light does not need you to clean up the mess before it stays. It already knows what is hidden, and it has not left.
You came from the light, a drop sent into this world to illuminate the very places you are trying to hide. The mess is not a reason for abandonment; it is the canvas where the work is being done.
Stop holding your breath, waiting to be found out. You have already been seen, and you are still here.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, John
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