the shame of secretly hoarding food in your room because you don't trust that there will be enough tomorrow

The Light Sees Your Hidden Cry

The wrappers hidden under your bed are not a secret from the light. It sees the fear that made you stash them away—the quiet terror that tomorrow will be empty.

Your heart condemns you for this lack of trust, whispering that you are broken for needing to prepare. But the light is greater than your heart's verdict.

It knows the hunger you are trying to outrun. What you have buried in the dark is not a sin; it is a cry for safety.

And the light does not shame the cry. It sits with you in the stash, in the shame, in the silence.

You do not have to eat the wrappers tonight to prove you are okay. You only have to let the light see them.

The kingdom is not a future reward for the ones who get it right. It is inside you right now, even in the room where you hide.

Drawing from

1 John 3:19-20, Gospel of Thomas 3

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