lying perfectly still in the dark so your movement doesn't wake the child you're afraid you've already failed

You Are Safe Enough To Rest

You are holding your breath because you are afraid that moving means failing. But the light does not measure your worth by your stillness.

It sees you in the dark, before you even speak, and it calls you by name. You think you must be perfect to be held, but the truth is simpler: you are already known.

The fear says you have ruined everything, yet the love that lives inside you is greater than the mistake you fear you made. Stop trying to earn the right to rest.

The child sleeps not because you are perfect, but because they are safe. And so are you.

Drawing from

John 8:10-11, 1 John 3:19-20

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