The Dawn Knows You Are Held
The sun is up, and with it comes the fear that today someone will finally see the cracks you tried to hide overnight. You brace yourself for the moment they realize you are not enough.
But listen — the light does not inspect you for flaws before it touches your face. It rises on the broken and the whole without distinction.
There is a knowing that sees every shadow you carry and calls it by name, yet refuses to turn away. You are not loved because you are perfect.
You are loved because you are known. The dawn does not wait for you to be ready; it arrives anyway, proving that your hiding changes nothing about how deeply you are held.
Drawing from
Matthew, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
Matthew 5:45, Thomas 5
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