The Light Shines Through Broken Places
The mask slipped during the afternoon rush, and for a second, they saw the crack you've been holding together with sheer will. You watched their face flicker—not with anger, but with that quiet disappointment that feels heavier than any shout.
In the middle of the day, when everyone is performing competence, being found out feels like the end of the world. But the light does not flicker when you stumble.
It shines all the brighter through the broken places you tried to hide. There is a truth that lives inside you, deeper than the flaw they just saw, and it cannot be shaken by a human glance.
You are not the mistake you made at two o'clock. You are the light that is walking through it.
Drawing from
2 John, Matthew
Verses
2 John 1:2, Matthew 5:14
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