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lostANDfound:
hey all,
 i'm just sitting here thinking, letting my mind wander a bit after reading
matt 6:6 whenever you may be praying, enter into your storeroom, and, locking your door, pray to your Father Who is in hiding.  it's the in hiding part that i latched onto today.

it's almost like the world is a big orphanage full of kids longing to be adopted, running around tackling each other, with no idea that their wonderful, perfect future Father is watching everything from behind a bush.  and some of these kids have noticed a foot and part of a hand so they have an idea that there is a Father but don't know anything about Him.  and a very few of those kids- whenever they wander close enough they can hear Him and He can hear them.  And knowledge of His presence changes their behaviour, and knowledge of how good and loving and wise He is to those who can hear Him also changes their behaviour.  even though when it comes down to it they are no different than any of the other kids tearing around except for what they are blessed to be aware of.
and some of the kids who have no idea that this Father is there behave very well despite not knowing, but more don't.  And some of those few kids who can see bits of Him and talk to Him behave very badly even though they know He is watching everything.  And there is going to be a long serious talk once that Father steps out from behind the bush.  and one by one each kid will need to talk to the Father about how they were behaving in light of how much they knew.   

possibly full of holes but i was struck by the "is in hiding" part today.  especially that He's hiding Himself, it's not like it's passive and He has been hidden.  He is hiding Himself for a reason. 

thoughts?

Ninny:
Yep! Sometimes it feels like God is hiding Himself from us...it feels dark and lonely sometimes...I often wonder what is He trying to teach me with His silence....maybe I will know someday?
Kathy  :-\

G. Driggs:
Nice analogy. Here is another one, He is playing hide and seek with a select few He is adopting ahead of the rest. He is hiding, and URGING the ones He is currently raising/adopting to seek Him, leaving nuggets of clues here and there as to His whereabouts, all the while never far from them. Sometimes they get lost looking for Him, but He is always close enough to say, "here I'am" and get them back on track to finding Him.  :D

G.Driggs

mharrell08:
I agree, great analogy lostANDfound.

Isa 53:6  All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way

1 Pet 2:25  For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Mal 2:10  Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us?

2 Cor 6:18  I will be a Father to you, And you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the LORD Almighty.

Eph 4:6  One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all

GaryK:
I have ‘serious’ talks all the time, in fact every morning standing on my porch over a cup of coffee, directed right at him.   Now whether he’s listening, don’t know.  I don’t see him, I don’t hear him.   But he shouldn’t ever tell me I didn’t talk to him.  I don't make a habit of hiding behind a bush.  If he wants to have a serious talk, bring it.  Serious talks should work both ways.  He doesn’t need explanation from me, I need explanation from him. 

This world is crap with some serious bad people and serious bad things going on.  As far as I’m concerned it’s time to thin the herd a bit and rid this world of some of these non-forking family trees and it’s sorry by-product.

Before BT I used to think on God and Christ all the time, every night as a matter of fact. My favorite mental image was bowing at Christ’s feet, never looking into his face, but just asking forgiveness for what I am and what I’ve become.  That’s the best I could offer.  Not much of a relationship but I gripped it with a steel fisted grip. 

I don’t think of that anymore. 

My mind has become twisted with a little bit of deeper knowledge and all I do is point my finger at God and tell him he’s got some explaining to do himself.   Flat out, I do not understand the non-free will and purposeful bad things in exchange for some mysterious, far off, hiding behind a bush better ‘spiritual’ development.  Any ‘spiritual development’ on this end has become pure rot and decay, and it stinks.   I don’t care for it.   He wants to hide behind a bush, go for it.  I’ll be standing here in the open, waiting.

He knows how I’m behaving.  Badly.  Always have.  No good marks here, and I’m not looking for any.  If he’s god then I don’t need to explain.   He does.  And it’s past due.

Whelp, I thought about letting go on this one but I’ll keep it sweet.  Besides, there's plenty of others here who like to keep things rosey enough. 

Sorry L&F, you asked, I told you.   No offense to anyone.

gk

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