You Are Held Even When Your Guard Is Down
The middle of the day is long, and your eyes are tired from scanning every room for a threat that might never come. You carry the weight of a danger that has not arrived, guarding a door that no one is trying to break.
It feels like survival to stay so alert, but the light does not ask you to stand watch over a battlefield that exists only in your mind. There is a peace that is not like the world's peace — a quiet that does not depend on the absence of noise or the guarantee of safety.
You are held even when your guard is down. The light is already here, in this ordinary moment, and it has not been overcome by the shadows you fear.
Drawing from
John, 1 John
Verses
John 14:27, John 16:33
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