Monday, August 5, 2013

Hide and Seek!!!

Do you remember playing hide and seek as a kid?! I LOOOOOOVED playing that game...ACTUALLY I still do!!! HAHA!!! Buuuuuut I remember there always being TWO kinds of hiders, there were the people LIKE ME, that you could spot out a MILE away, cuz there was a leg or arm hangin out of their hiding spot or IF I was actually hidden all the way, a giggle would accidentally escape out of me when the seeker would walk by without seeing me...  immediatly LETTING them know EXACTLEY where I was!!!  
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ANNNNNND then there were the OTHER hiders! The hiders who were so slick, so calm and they had THE BEST spots for hiding that they were almost IMPOSSIBLE to find!!! These hiders never gave up , they NEVER came out from their hiding spot before they were found, it didn't matter HOW uncomfortable their hiding spot was, they were patient and they waited and waited and waited and WAITED til they were FOUND by the seeker!!!! These hiders WERE RARE, where as the GIGGLERS, like me, were ABUNDANT!!! 
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However, there were ALSO two kinds of seekers, there were the seekers that after a little while of searching and NOT being able to find the hider they would throw their hands up in defeat and say OKAY, I give up, come out of your hiding spot and YOU WIN!!! OR there were the DETERMINED seekers!!! These seekers REFUSED to give up!!! They would tear apart every part of the house, closets, rooms, cuboards, drawers, they would look up down, inside, outside, on the roof, the chimmney, trash barrels, EVERYWHERE!!! They didn't care what they had to do, or what they had to put themself through, they were NOT going to give up, they were going to FIND that hider!!! They were JUST as patient and JUST as determined as that hider AND finally find them, and the SEEKER would say, there you are, I FOUND YOU!!! And the hider would just smugly say, WELL ITS ABOUT TIME!!! 
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I got to thinking about HOW LOVE, TRUE LOVE, between a Godly man and woman, is like a  really good game of HIDE and SEEK!!! The MAN is the seeker and the WOMAN is the hider! Annnnd when I mean a HIDER I do NOT mean like as in the whole, "Hard-to-get" game...LOL...I've always FAILED miserably with that! I mean IF it works for you...CONGRATULATIONS...buuuut for ME...its like okaaaaaaay you all said to ignore him...we're going on TWO YEARS now...annnnnnd he STILL doesn't know that I exist!!! HAHAHA!!! Or this one time, this guy emailed me about something, i can't remember what he said, it was some sort of compliment and I called my friends who were also friends with this guy, to see WHAT I should say back and they were like, DON'T RESPOND!!! I'm like WHAAAAT?! Shouldn't l at least say THANK YOU!?!?! They were like NO MARY!!! If YOU WANT him, you HAVE to play  HARD-TO-GET!!! I'm like, buuuuuut, I feel sooooo RUDE not responding! They were like NO! Soooo I didn't respond, then the next time I see him at a youth thing, the guy is like, Did you get my email? So i'm like, oh yeah... he is just looking at me oddly like oh...LIKE soooo WHY didn't you respond??? I just wanted to SHOUT OUT...they TOLD me NOT to respond...I wasn't being RUDE...I was playing HARD-TO-GET!!! AHAHAHA!!!! So yeah I told one of my friends the other day, thats just NOT me!!! I'm a VERY FRIENDLY person! It doesn't matter WHO you are, you can be a preacher OR a bum on the street, IF you say HI or even IF you don't, IF we walk by each other, I WILL smile and say HI! Or HEEEEEEY!!! Thats JUST ME!!! :)
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Sooooooo yeah, when I say that LOVE is like a good game of HIDE and SEEK, i'm NOT talking about like a visible, physical game that you can see with your own eyes. I'm talking about a SPIRITUAL game of HIDE and SEEK!!! Buuuuut of course if its spiritual its NOT really a game. See I found this quote some years ago and have absolutely LOOOOOVED it!!! It says...
“A woman’s heart should be so hidden in Christ, that a man should have to seek Him first to find her.” Maya Angelou
Isn't that a BEAUTIFUL quote?! I just LOVE IT!!! I mean, Ladies, can you just imagine your heart being hidden in God! I mean, can there POSSIBLY be a better, safer MORE secure hiding place than IN JESUS??? I think NOT!!! The Bible says in Proverbs 31:10...
"Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies." 

The word of God says, a good woman is RARE and she is HARD to find!!! Meanwhile, concerning the man, the Bible says in Proverbs 18:22...
"Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord." 
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Both of these scriptures in Proverbs refer to THE WOMAN being FOUND!!! I imagine in my mind a woman's heart being SOOOOO hidden in God. She covers it well in praise and worship to God! And everytime she prays, God just tucks her in a little bit further under His spirit, she fasts and he tucks her under safely in the shadow of his wings. She pours her heart out to him humbly in a spirit of brokenness and God just pulls her in a little closer,  she submits and obeys to her God-given authorities and God's arm of protection around her gets a little tighter.
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Its NOT always easy for her to stay in her hiding place, sometimes she feels a little awkward, sometimes she gets a little uncomfortable, sometimes she just wants to JUMP out and say, HELLLLOOOO...i'm RIGHT HERE!!! LOOK AT ME!!! Buuuut she doesn't do that! Instead she is patient, she trusts in the security of her hiding place and she waits and she waits and she WAITS!!!And as she gives God her all, as she breaks her alabaster box and gives Him EVERYTHING she's got, God is pleased with her and I like to imagine in my mind, That God, He just kind of smiles to himself and says, This ONE is a GOOOOOD HIDER and its gonna take a MIGHTY GOOD SEEKER, to FIND THIS ONE!!! 


Meanwhile, MAN, he is over there SEEKING God,for his treasure for his WIFE. He begins searching for her daily in prayer! He looks through the whole entire Bible, he is tearing apart the alter in desperation to find her. He hopes that if he builds a high enough memorial of praise and worship to God, that some way, some how he can climb to the top and catch sight of her. He offers sacrifices of Thanksgiving to God, hoping that he'll get a little closer to finding her! ANNNND Oh its sooooo hard, she has hidden herself so well...he can't seem to find her anywhere...
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He just wants to throw his hands up in frustration and say FORGET IT God, I GIVE UP!!! She is TOO GOOD of a hider, there is NO WAY he could ever find her...Oh but NO, he doesn't do that, he may be feeling frustrated, BUUUUT he refuses to give up, because he is DETERMINED...HE MUST FIND HER!!! So instead he looks through the WHOLE ENTIRE BIBLE again, he searches a little deeper in God by adding fasting to his prayer, and as he seeks God for her in fasting, his carnal flesh begins to die and humbly in a spirit of brokeness, he cries out to The Lord in desperation and begs God to help him find his wife. 
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And the more man prays, and the more he cries and the more he breaks before God, THE CLOSER MAN gets to God, and THE CLOSER man gets to God, THE CLOSER man gets to finding her, BECAUSE she is HIDDEN in GOD! Then ONE DAY  man gets SOOOO CLOSE TO GOD, it happens, he SEES HER...HIS WIFE!!! He can't believe it, she is right there, RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM and she is BEAUTIFUL everything he could have ever hoped for and HE KNOWS that he must DECLARE it and claim his prize, SO HE SAYS, thats IT, I FOUND YOU! I WON and YOUR MINE!!! And woman, she just smiles sweetly and says,
"Like DUH!!! Its about time YOU found ME!!! I've been RIGHT here, WAITING patiently for YOU this whole entire time!"
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And MAN, he just smiles adoringly at her and says, "well, your ONE GOOD hider Woman, and you found yourself ONE good hiding spot! And woman, she's like, "I KNOW RIGHT?!" ;) Then Man, he says, "but you know, it feels so good right here, right where I found you," then he takes her hand in his and says, "I say we just stay right here with each other and build a life TOGETHER in Christ." So Man and Woman, they become husband and wife! And they live, JOYFULLY ever after, serving the Lord together till their dying day. 

Awwwwwwwwwww!!!
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ANNNND that my friends IS the kind of HIDE AND SEEK game that I am talking about!!! Can you all think of anything sweeter? Anything BETTER???ANYTHING more ROMANTIC??? Thats the kind of love story I want to have!!!! I may have been  the EASIEST person to find in hide and seek as a child, but as a woman of God, I want to be a good hider! 
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Ladies, we've got to hide our hearts in God! Think about the safety and protection we have by doing so! What kind of a man would search God for the heart of a woman?! It wouldn't be just any kind of man. I was talking to my friends dad a couple of weeks ago at her church, and I kinda look up to him, since I don't have a dad in church, (Shout out to my Mexican dad...you know who you are HATERRR...LOL!) and I was talking to him about guys and he was telling me some stuff and then he says, "You know, REALLY GOOD GIRLS, get REALLY GOOD guys!!!" I was like, weeeellll...I AM, a REALLY GOOD GIRL!!! He says, "I KNOW! Thats WHY you need to WAIT! You need to be PATIENT!!!" I'm like OH YEAH...okaaaaaaaaaay ...everythings kind of CLICKIN for ME!!! I NEED TO WAIT...I NEED TO BE PATIENT!!! "Who can find a virtuous woman?..."
I need to be PATIENT and stay hidden during the search!!! I think sometimes us girls are a little bit like this...HAHAHA!!!

We get sooooo anxious, we get sooooo DESPERATE!!! We find ourselves jumping up and down waving our arms trying to get their attention! We don't need to be like that!!! We NEED to hide ourselves in JESUS!!! We've got to cover ourselves a little bit more in prayer! Let God pull us in a little bit closer!!! We NEED to trust our hearts in the safety of Christ our protector! We've got to tell ourselves that NOT just any old seeker is gonna find us! Girls you don't want the seeker that gives up easy in his search...you want the seeker with some determination!!!  The man that FINDS us is gonna have to work hard at finding us...Our hearts are HIDDEN, we're NOT going to come out of our hiding spot, if he wants us he'll have to keep getting closer to God! Tell yourself that, Man can't just have ME...IF he wants ME... HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH CHRIST to get ME!!! 
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Guys, don't be a lazy seeker!!! Don't give up and go for the girl that's easy to find!!! There are some girls, that would be sooooooo easy for you to marry, its not saying that they're BAD girls or that it wouldn't work out, but they didn't hide their hearts the way they could have, they didn't delve in fully and completly into the things of God, they're still trying to do things on their own. God wants you to have so much MORE than a marriage that just, "Works out!" He wants you to have a work together serving him. Search God for her...she is right there...You can't see her because her heart is hidden in him...just get a little closer to God...she is WAITING for you to get close enough that you FINALLY see her!!!
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Who's READY to play??? Hiders REMEMBER to stay hidden! No matter how  uncomfortable or awkward you may feel, don't come out!!!  God's not gonna let any old seeker find your heart IF its hidden in him...soooo Be patient and WAIT!!! Seekers, don't give up, be determined! Keep searching for her! She is WORTH THE SEARCH!!! 
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Finding the will of God for our lives is such an important thing!!! Marriage can NOT be taken lightly!!! Aside from choosing to live for God, I believe that MARRIAGE is the most important decision we'll ever make!!! READY OR NOT, Hiders and SEEKERS,its time to PRAY, fast, read your Bibles and PRAY SOME MORE!!! 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10..
LETS PLAY HIDE AND SEEK!!!
"Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." (Proverbs 3:5-6)
♥Mary Frances :)