Hiding Place

Have you ever run away?  When I was young I had a time when I wanted to run away from home.  I think I was in fourth grade at the time and something made me mad, today I don’t remember what it was, so it couldn’t have been anything too major.  Maybe an argument with one of my siblings, or being teased by someone. I remember the place I ran too, it was the bushes in front of the church.  We lived in the parsonage right next to the church, so it wasn’t really far from home.  The bushes had a little hollow area in the back making it easy for me to crawl in there.  

I remember watching and waiting for someone to come looking for me, and it seemed like forever while I waited there, watching through the leaves.  I couldn’t tell you how long I was there, but I gave up and went home.  

Sometimes I want to find a hiding place from the noise of the world and all the chaos.  In these days of uncertainty, frustrations, concerns, and pain we are all looking for a hiding place to feel protected and hidden from it all. 

There is a song that says what I feel in these times, “A New Psalm (Where are You?)” I ask the questions and God gives me the answers through His word.  I love this song as the singer asks where are You, God? And then you hear another singer singing back with the words of God to the questions.  The phrase in the song that is my cry back to God is, “I’ll follow You, even when I can’t see You move, I will fix my heart on You, even in the darkness of nights, You are my light!”

Insight for today: In the chaos of the world and life, God is my hiding place and I need to remember that!