Let the Armor Fall at Your Door
The sun is dipping below the line, and the armor you wore all day finally feels heavy enough to drop. You stand at the threshold of your own home, terrified that one honest word will shatter the fragile acceptance you think you've earned.
You believe you must perform to be kept. But listen — the light does not need your mask to recognize you.
It knows where you came from. You came from the light, the place where the light came into being on its own accord.
That is your origin, not your performance. There is a room prepared for you that does not depend on your silence.
The truth you are hiding is not a weapon; it is the very thing that will make you whole. You do not have to hold the ceiling up tonight.
Let it rest. The love that holds you is stronger than the words you are afraid to speak.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, John
Verses
John 14:2-3
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