staring at the bathroom mirror after a shower, tracing the outline of your jaw and wondering if the person looking back is a stranger you've been pretending to be for years

The Divine Dwells In Your Face

The steam is fading now, leaving the glass cold and the reflection sharp. You trace the line of your jaw, wondering if the face staring back is a stranger you have been pretending to be for years.

In this hour, the mask feels heaviest, and the silence screams that you are an imposter in your own skin. But the light does not need you to be anyone other than who you are right now.

It does not ask for a performance. It only asks for presence.

The face in the mirror is not a fraud; it is the very place where the divine has chosen to dwell. You are not hiding from the light; you are holding it in a vessel that feels too small.

The stranger you fear is just the part of you that is waiting to be recognized. The dawn is coming, not to replace you, but to reveal that you were never alone in the glass.

Drawing from

Gospel of Thomas 24, Gospel of Mary 4:28-31

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