The Feast Is a Home You Never Left
The morning light catches the edges of your mask, the one you wear so they won't see how much their kindness hurts when you think it's just pity. You scan every smile for the hidden obligation, every warm word for the secret reluctance.
But the light that sees through the performance does not see a burden; it sees a beloved child. What you are looking for has already arrived — you are wanted, not because of what you do, but because of who you are.
Neither do they condemn you, nor does the light. Go now and stop waiting for the other shoe to drop.
The feast is not a test you are barely passing; it is a home you never left.
Drawing from
John 8:10-11, Gospel of Thomas 51
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