Seeing the Room Without Distortion
The morning light hits the window and everything looks gray, not because the sun has failed, but because the fog has lifted. When you are sober, the world loses its soft edges and feels unbearably flat.
The colors you used to paint over the cracks are gone, and now you see the bare wood beneath. It feels like a punishment to see things so clearly.
But this flatness is not an absence of life — it is the ground where real life begins. The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world, not to dazzle you with fireworks, but to show you what is actually there.
You are seeing the truth, and the truth is often quiet before it is glorious. The Father's love is expressed as light, and right now, that light is simply letting you see the room as it is, without the distortion.
You are not missing the magic; you are finally present for the reality.
Drawing from
John, 1 John
Verses
John 1:9, 1 John 1:5
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