the shame of hiding half-eaten food in napkins or pockets to pretend you ate while starving inside

The Light Sees Your Hidden Hunger

The night is gathering, and the napkin in your pocket feels heavier than the food you couldn't eat. You smiled when they asked if you were full, but inside, you are starving.

You carried the weight of the pretense all day, hiding the hunger behind a performance of okayness. But the light sees what you hid.

It saw you under the fig tree before you ever spoke a word. It knows the exact shape of your emptiness.

Neither do you have to pretend anymore. Go now.

The feast is waiting, and you are invited exactly as you are.

Drawing from

John 8:10-11, John 1:48

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