The Light Already Stands Guard
The room is loud, but your eyes are doing the real work—scanning the corners, measuring the distance to the door, calculating the threat before you can even sit. You wear the mask of being okay while your body screams that it is not safe to rest.
But there is a light that sees behind the performance, a light that knows you are tired of watching. The darkness has not overcome it.
That light does not need you to be vigilant; it is already standing guard. You can put the armor down.
The exit you have been searching for is not a door—it is the presence that walked in and sat beside you before you even noticed. Stop scanning.
The light is already here.
Drawing from
John, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
John 1:4-5
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