The Light Was Never Yours to Hide
The sun is setting, and with it comes the inventory of the day—the heavy list of every person you let down because you were too busy hiding from your own light. You see the faces of those who needed you, and you see the walls you built instead of bridges.
But listen. The light you have been suppressing was never yours to begin with.
It was only ever passing through you, meant for them. There is no sin that can overwrite your root, no failure that can sever the connection between you and the source.
The Good came into your midst specifically to restore you to that root, to the person you were before the fear took hold. You do not have to earn your way back to the table you abandoned.
The light is already walking toward you, not with a ledger of your mistakes, but with an invitation to simply come down and eat. The day is done, and you are still loved.
Drawing from
Gospel of Mary, Luke, Gospel of Thomas
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