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rehearsing the breakup conversation in the shower so you don't cry when you finally say it

The Light Sees Behind Your Mask

The steam hides the trembling, but the light sees the rehearsed words before they leave your lips. You are practicing a speech to keep your face still, to wear the mask that says you are fine.

— But the light does not need your performance to stay close. It stands right there in the bathroom mirror, seeing the grief you are trying to silence.

There is a peace that is not like the world's peace, a calm that does not depend on whether your voice breaks. You do not have to hold it together for the light to hold you.

The mask is for the world; the truth is for the One who knows you already.

Drawing from

John, Matthew

Verses

John 14:27, Matthew 6:22

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