Hide and Seek

My kids have a favorite game. It is NOT one of my favorites, but they love to play....and I let them with some specific rules. They love to play "Hide and Seek". It's a kid thing. Ya don't see many adults playing Hide and Seek. You don't usually invite people over and say, "Do ya'll wanna come over and play Hide and Seek? Not it." Though it is not one of my fav games, it does bring about a lot of giddy laughter that is fun to hear.

Kendall and I were cleaning up her room a little bit ago and she was picking up books. There were only 9.9 million books on the floor, but I thought they might need to be picked up anyway. As she lay her children's Bible on her bed, she said, "Mom, did you know I found God in that book?" I said, "You did?" She restated, "Yeah, that's where I found Him, and see there's my name....in that book,"as she opened it to the first page where it had written in there who gave her (it was really one of her brother's given to them)the Bible.

I was kinda taken back a little. That was powerful to me. True she will find, can find, has found God in the Bible. But, has she seen God in me? Has anyone seen God in me?

Dear Lord, I don't wanna play Hide and Seek. I don't wanna be it. I don't want you to have a hard time finding where I am. And I for sure do not ever want to be guilty of hiding from you. And Lord, please let others see You in me. I don't want people that I have contact with to have to rely on the Bible alone to find you. I want to mirror you and lead others to you. Although we aren't gonna play Hide and Seek, I look forward to our fun together and some happy times. Amen.