rehearsing the specific lie you'll tell your parents or partner tonight about how the interview went so they don't see the shame in your eyes
The sun is up, but you are already rehearsing the lie you'll tell tonight about the interview. You are crafting the smile, the tone, the careful words that will hide the shame in your eyes from the people who love you.
The mask feels heavy this early, but the light has already arrived to meet you behind it. You do not have to perform okayness for the dawn to break.
The Father sees the rehearsal, and He does not turn away from the actor or the fear. He sees the trembling hand and calls it honest.
The light is not waiting for your success story; it is sitting with you in the quiet before the performance begins. You are known, even in the silence you keep.
Drawing from
John 4:23-24, Psalm 139:23
Verses
John 4:23-24, Psalm 139:23
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