You Are Light Even When Unasked
The office hums, and you move through it wearing the face everyone expects. But you notice the silence now—the space where a question used to be, the advice no one asks for anymore.
It feels like you are fading behind your own smile, performing a usefulness that has quietly expired. The light does not need your utility to see you.
It sees the person beneath the title, the one who is still here even when the phone stops ringing. You are not defined by the problems you solve for others.
The kingdom belongs to those who are simply present, not just those who are needed. You are still the light, even when no one asks you to shine.
Drawing from
Matthew 5:14, Luke 17:21
Verses
Matthew 5:14, Luke 17:21
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