Hide
TO put out of sight...TO conceal for shelter or protection...
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TO keep secret...
TO turn (eyes or face) away in shame or anger...
TO seek protection or EVADE responsibility
Oh so many definitions for word HIDE, but I
choose ones above so as not to HIDE in midst of
thoughts and things I speak of here.
How often we push out of sight images of past times that did
dare intrude into innocence of a child. How we did conceal
those things we had not understanding of, yet we did this
without realization we do it.... Do we conceal to protect self
from what we had not understanding of ?
We see and want not to see.. we hear and not want to hear...
we smell what we wish not to smell, and we speak words
truly we wish not to speak, yet our senses continue to push
us to place a child's mind cannot be ready to go, but we are
taken there... though body is present, inner part of self runs
to hide wherever we find quiet peace, a place no person can
follow us, see us, hear us, touch us.. A HIDING PLACE of
own creation, our protection, our shelter, a BEGINNING of
many walls being built one for one as years pass us by,
insuring NO GROWTH of emotional self, NO GROWTH of
true idenity our God gifted us with from beginning He breathes
life into soul of us.
Still body grows through all stages of age while inner self
struggles to hold onto innocence lost. If we remain in our
HIDING PLACE, we do think safety is there, but life moves on
without us in it... we are ever held captive to the past, and all
things we effort to do in normal fashion, mostly fail, because
decisions we make each new day come made from "inner self"
of past still hiding from a reality never faced and put to rest.
We kept many secrets of a child at great cost to inner growing...
in doing this, we turned from life holding onto anger, shame,
hurts, rejections, all things not of God.... all things our Jesus
did die on cross for so we could live in His peace, His joy, His
Love, His Grace! Never did our Lord and our God wish any
child to suffer at hands of another, it is not God's doing, it is
man's inhumanity against man making bad choices with gift
of free-will given to all by God. Our God forces no man to
come to Him, to love Him.... gift of free-will is truly priceless
gift of FREEDOM given. Every decision we make in life of us,
is made for bad, or for good, there comes no inbetween of this.
As little children we did seek protection in own self-made
HIDING PLACES for safety from those things not understood.
In doing this we did evade many responsibilities to be very
best person we could be. We cheated self to live life to fullest,
and how we did live using hiding place to avoid what is
unpleasant, does indeed affect so many we love with whole
heart.
We are no longer children, we grow up in age. There is no
longer need to run, to hide from life God gives us. No person
can hurt us if we choose to be not hurt.... TIME has come
to look a last time on what once was, then turn round and walk
away from bad and sad memories. We are NEW IN JESUS!
We run ahead on new road of life, never running back to old
road built in past time.
Now there is many new HIDING PLACES....places all can go
for that inner peace all seek to find. We find that peace in our
Lord, in His holy word, in prayer, in praising HE who gives all
life... we find peace in ocean's roar, in beauty of God's painted
sunsets, in music, in pages of good book, in mountains, in
deserts, in quiet of night time below blanket of stars, in laughter
of children, in doing jobs each day, housework... lol yes, even
these things, for when we clean homes, we do it with happy
heart in preparation for loved ones we serve, as would we do
for the Lord, for surely HE comes home dwelling in heart of
those who accept and say, "Jesus is Lord".
Our Lord and God gives many hiding places in Him inside
soul where ever He waits our company, our attention.
I remember day I am saved... most special day in life of me,
it is day ever remembered... I looked inside soul of me and did
see innocence once again. Thank you Lord!!
HIDING... yesss, all hide time to time... and yess, I have new
hiding place too.. I hide in the Lord where His peace is, His
joy is, His love is, a place where bad memories dare not
follow.
I too hide in sound of ocean' roar, in painted sunsets, in
laughter of others round me, in long walks where silence
company's me, I hide in daily business of cleaning, painting,
writing, washing much glass.... but I stay not hidden too long,
for already I did waste much time hiding from life God gives
to me, hiding in sad memories of little girl lost in time.
I am no longer little girl, no longer am I lost, no longer
captive to past times. I praise God for this, to God goes the
Glory... I AM ALIVE.... AND I FEEL !
Come Lord Jesus to my heart, soul does long for You
Use me Lord for all those things, You would have me do
I shall serve You evermore, shall walk where You have trod
Shall listen when you speak the words...
BE STILL AND KNOW .... I AM GOD !
Sarah
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