The Light Waits For Your Raw Story
The middle of the day is where the editing happens. You catch yourself mid-sentence, trimming the jagged edges of your story so it sounds manageable to the people around you.
You smooth out the panic. You polish the fear.
You make the burden look like something you can carry alone. But the light does not need your edited version.
It was there before you started speaking. It sees the part you tried to cut.
There is a truth that lives inside you — not the polished story, but the raw one. The one where you are tired.
The one where you don't have the answers. That is where the light waits.
Not for your performance, but for your presence. You do not have to finish the sentence for the light to hear you.
Drawing from
John, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
John 14:20
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