The Light Sees You Clearly
The water has stopped running, and the steam is fading from the glass. You sit on the edge of the tub, staring at a face that feels like a stranger's, wondering when you last recognized the person looking back.
The afternoon demands you stand up and perform, to put the mask back on and walk into the noise. But the light does not need you to be someone else to find you here.
Jesus stood in the middle of a crowd ready to throw stones and saw only a person worth saving. He did not ask for her history.
He did not ask for her future. He simply said: Neither do I condemn you.
Go now. The fog will clear.
The face in the mirror is not a stranger. It is the one the light has been watching all along.
Drawing from
John 8:10-11, Gospel of Thomas 70
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