The Light Loves Your Tired Face
The screen lights up with a name you know, and your stomach drops before you even read the words. It is not the message that weighs on you—it is the sudden, crushing demand to perform okayness for another human being.
You feel like an actor who has forgotten their lines, standing in the spotlight with nothing but exhaustion behind the smile. But the light that lives inside you does not need your performance to be real.
It sees the mask you wear, and it loves the tired face underneath it just as much. You do not have to manufacture energy you do not have.
The truth is already enough. There is a peace that does not depend on your ability to pretend.
Drawing from
John, Matthew
Verses
John 1:14, Matthew 11:29-30
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