I recall one childhood memory of playing Hide-and-Seek with my older brother. I was the "hider" and Andrew was the "seeker". As he began to count to 100, I hid in the secret room under our stairs. I was filled with excitement as I attempted to stump my brother. While I continued to wait for him, however, I became bored and tired. I'm not sure how long I waited in that little room, but each time he walked by that room, my excitement rose. I still had the chance to stump him; though, so I would not come out to reveal my hiding place. I eventually gave up and went to find Andy. When I walked into the back porch, he was watching television. I was shocked.
"Why aren't you looking for me?" I asked.
"You were under the stairs," he replied.
"Well why didn't you tell me to come out?" I demanded.
"I decided to wait for you to find me," he stated simply.
This traumatic experience truly hindered my social-emotional development. From that day on, I have never been able to play hide and seek without regressing back to that day. As I hid, I expected Andy to do everything in his power to seek me. When he never came, I felt rejected and abandoned. These feelings have stuck with me for years and I have never forgiven him!!! Okay, so it really wasn't that traumatic of an experience, but I do remember being angry that he didn't tell me to come out.
How often have I played Hide-and-Seek with Christ? I've often hid from Him and waited for Him to seek me. God does seek me with all of His heart. When I hide from Him though, He is not going to come into that room under the stairs and pull me out. He decided to wait for me to find Him.
"If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!"
John 8:36
When I found Him, He set me free; therefore, I am free indeed. Now I must learn how to
Treasure My Freedom in Christ!
This was a very good story that you shared. I have also played hide and seek a lot with the Lord and it was I that had to stop hiding and choose to seek the Lord. I think that this is a great thing for you to get into. You are a great writer and a lot of people can benefit from your writing and your experiences. I know that I learned something from what you had to write. Even if it is just one person that you are helping, that is one person that didn't have that help before. I am very thankful that you let me know about this project of yours. It is a great thing that you are doing. I really appreciate when you do things like this, because it teaches me great things. You put things into a easy way of learning. That is the most important thing for me, since I am fairly new to all of this Christianity stuff. Thank you again for helping me learn.
ReplyDeleteI ran away from home a lot of times times and always thought "they will really be sorry that they didn't treat me better"-except I always got hungry at about 5:30 and went home to find out they hadn't missed me so I'd promise myself that next time it would be for real. i still make myself and God stupid promises and I don't think he's impressed.
ReplyDeleteYou need to keep writing. Thanks a lot. marv
I can totally relate. A lot of times we want to just hide because ultimately we think it will make things easier, but really we are just running from the Truth.
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