The Light Lives in the Drop
The screen goes black for a second, and you catch your own reflection staring back while your mouth is still shaped like a smile. It is a terrifying thing to see your face performing peace while your stomach is dropping through the floor.
You have learned to lift the corners of your lips at the exact moment your heart begins to sink. But the light does not live in the performance.
It lives in the drop. It is already there in the hollow of your stomach, waiting for the mask to slip.
You do not have to hold the smile up for the light to find you. It sees the truth behind the glass and calls it holy.
Drawing from
John 4:23-24, Psalm 139:1-4
Verses
John 4:23-24
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