rehearsing the lie about why you can't come to the party so no one knows you can't afford the gas

The Light Loves What Is Behind

The text message is typed out, a careful lie about being too busy, masking the truth that the tank is empty. You perform okayness for the world while inside you are calculating the cost of belonging.

But the light sees behind the mask you wear to keep your secret safe. It does not ask for a performance you cannot afford.

There is a generosity that exceeds your scarcity — grace upon grace, pressed down and running over. You do not have to fake your way into the feast.

The light knows you are tired of pretending, and it loves what is behind the performance.

Drawing from

John, Luke

Verses

John 1:16, Luke 6:38

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