the memory of a specific lie you told to sound competent that you're sure they still believe

The Sun Warms the Pretender Too

The sun is up, but the shadow of that lie you told yesterday is still stretching across your morning. You said you knew the answer when you didn't, just to sound like you belonged, and now you are sure they see right through you.

The light has returned not to expose your fraud, but to show you that the truth was already standing beside you while you spoke. You do not have to go back and fix the performance or confess to earn your place.

The rising sun does not wait for you to be competent before it warms your face. It shines on the pretender and the expert with the same steady grace.

Your worth was never built on that sentence you spoke in fear. The light sees the trembling hand behind the confident voice and calls it holy.

Drawing from

Matthew, Luke

Verses

Matthew 11:28, Luke 1:78-79

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