Known Before You Learned to Hide
The sun is up, the mask is on, and you are performing okayness while drowning inside. You are terrified that if you finally wake someone up to say you're sinking, they will finally leave.
But listen — the light saw you before you ever learned to hide. It knows the weight you carry behind the smile.
Jesus told his disciples that with man this is impossible, but not with God — all things are possible. Even the thing you fear most: being known and still being held.
The kingdom is inside you right now, not somewhere you have to earn by staying silent. What you are looking for has already arrived.
The love that finds you does not run when the water rises. It pulls you out.
Drawing from
Mark 10:27, Gospel of Thomas 3, Gospel of Thomas 51
Verses
Mark 10:27
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