The Light Loves Your Trembling Hand
The morning light is harsh on the mask you wear. You say yes when your soul is screaming no, terrified that a single boundary will reveal the fraud everyone suspects you are.
But the light does not need your performance. It sees the trembling hand behind the polite smile.
There is a voice that says: do not be afraid. The truth you are hiding is not your failure.
It is your humanity. And the light loves the human part of you more than the perfect part.
You do not have to earn your place in this room by agreeing to carry what breaks you. The light is already there, waiting for the real you to show up.
Saying no is not the end of your worth. It is the beginning of your rest.
Drawing from
John, Matthew
Verses
John 14:1, Matthew 11:28
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