
They did it.
I did it
&
I bet you did it
or are doing it,
as I slip into it again.
They did it first
&
as soon as they did it
it didn't last very long
the moment they heard~
"Where are you?" (Genesis 3:9)
The game began the moment they did it~
"the man and his wife HID themselves from the presence of the LORD GOD" (Genesis 3:8)
They HID from
THE ONE who created them in the first place~
THE ONE who knew them from their fingers to their toes~
THE ONE who gave them life~
THE ONE who gave them everything that they would ever need.
But maybe it was too good to be true,
so they made a game out of it~
An innocent game of
HIDE & SEEK~
yet they didn't know about the
SEEK part
until the moment they were found
in their HIDING place.
A game that has been
played by you & I & everyone else
from a very young age
that starts with a
HIDER
&
ends with a
SEEKER
who does not give up until
the HIDER
is found.
HIDE & SEEK.
Hmm.
To HIDE~
"keep out of sight" (word hippo)
To HIDE~
I don't want you to see me because if you did
you wouldn't like what you see.
To HIDE~
Can you wait until I have it all together first
before you see me?
To HIDE~
I can't face it, because if I do I have to face me first?
To HIDE~
If I don't let them see what I am really feeling
just maybe I won't have to feel.
To HIDE~
FEAR that I may be found.
No matter how hard they tried
To HIDE
No matter how hard we try
To HIDE~
LOVE
always finds us right where we are
so that
we no longer have
to HIDE
from THE ONE who created us in the first place
&
who never tires of
playing our game
because
HE
set us up to win
by giving us reason to never
HIDE again~
"There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love" (I John 4:18)