14/06/2026
𝗗𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗦 𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗥𝗬 || 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀? 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀.
Every Sunday, she went to the same church.
To everyone else, she looked like an ordinary student in her school uniform.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦,
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘺, "𝘐'𝘮 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦."
But they didn't know the battles she fought every day, they didn't know about the nights she cried herself to sleep. They didn't know about the loneliness she carried, the fears she hid, or the expectations she was afraid would never come true.
That Sunday,
she knelt and bowed her head.
No extravagant prayers.
No perfect words.
Just tears.
In her mind, she whispered, “God, I’m tired.”
The church was quiet.
“Everything feels so heavy. I don't know what to do anymore.”
She wiped her eyes.
For a moment, she sat in silence, staring at the altar as if lost in a distant thought.
Then rays of sunlight streamed through the church windows, gently illuminating her face. Slowly, she lifted her head.
“God… are You listening?” she whispered.
A soft breeze brushed past her, lifting her hair as if in response.
And then, a memory surfaced—her favorite Bible verse.
“𝘚𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶;
𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘎𝘰𝘥.
𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶;
𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥.”
—𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗮𝗵 𝟰𝟭:𝟭𝟬
Her lips trembled as she repeated the words softly.
Then her tears fell again, but this time, they were different.
Because she realized:
He already knew.
𝘏𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.
𝘏𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳.
𝘏𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥.
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱.
Her life wasn't perfect.
Her problems weren't suddenly solved.
But her heart felt lighter.
Even though nobody else knew what she was going through,
𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄.
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🎨 Jem Maximine Ruiz
✍️ Gibran Garvida
