feeling unseen by the person who is supposed to see you
You are wearing the mask right now, smiling where you are asked to smile, while inside you feel completely invisible to the one person who should know your name. It is a quiet ache to perform so well that the one standing closest to you still does not see the weight you carry.
But listen—the light does not need your performance to find you, because the light looks past the mask and sees the child trembling beneath. There was a man who needed to be known, and the light called his name with such clarity that the whole room fell silent and he knew he was seen.
You are not invisible to the light, even when the world looks through you.
Drawing from
John 1:9, Mark 8:33
Verses
John 1:9, Mark 8:33
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