the terrifying certainty that if they truly saw the mess inside you, they would immediately leave

The Mess That Invites Deepest Love

The sun has gone down, and now the inventory begins. You sit in the quiet and rehearse the list of everything broken inside you, convinced that if anyone saw the real mess, they would turn and walk away without a word.

You believe you must hide the wreckage to be kept. But there is a story of a woman who came weeping, her face wet, her hair loose, pouring out expensive perfume on feet that had walked through dust.

She did not speak. She only showed the mess.

And the voice that knew every secret she ever kept did not recoil. It said her many sins have been forgiven because she loved much.

The light does not leave when it sees the depth of your need. It stays.

The thing you are most afraid to show is the very thing that invites the deepest love. Go in peace.

Drawing from

Luke 7:47, Gospel of Thomas 77

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