The Light Sees What Is Hidden
The morning light is unforgiving. It exposes the mask you wore last night—the laugh that came too loud, the smile that didn't reach your eyes.
You are replaying the moment, terrified they saw the actor behind the performance. But the light does not scan for flaws; it sees what is hidden.
There was a man born blind, and the world assumed his darkness was a punishment for sin. Jesus said no—it was an opportunity for the works of God to be displayed in him.
Your stumbling, your awkwardness, the moment you feel most exposed—that is not your shame. It is the canvas.
The light is not waiting for you to get the joke right. It is already working through the very thing you wish you could hide.
You are not a fraud to be uncovered. You are a story being told.
Drawing from
John 9:1-7, Thomas 24
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