Such simple but wonderful entertainment for hours, days, weeks, months
...for a baby who first becomes aware of his surroundings, "PEEK-A-BOO !"
... for a toddler who is wobbling from point A to point B, "PEEK-A-BOO !"
... for a pre-schooler who is able to now run and hide, "Allie -Allie - Home Free!"
... for an elementary schooler through the teen years who have learned to kick the can or get into a Sardine Can - Get's a little scarey when you are the last one searching ...waiting to have the wits scared out of you by the hiding group of quiet fish. "RAAAAAARRRR!"
...Into adulthood, we seem to think we don't need this game anymore, BUT we are the ones who seem to be most affected by "SURPRIZE!!"
Trusting Jesus has not made us immune to the need for this game ... maybe it has intensified the need by causing greater hunger and thirst for the ever aluding "righteousness" - "the presence of God".
Have you ever said "God never does anything specific for me" ? Have you ever felt left out from the blessings of God?
Isn't it amazing how we are left to ourselves right before a blessing? What????
Read what God has used the writer of Ecclesiastes to deliver to our hearts about the end of our lives:
Ecclesiastes 12:1-7
1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth,
while the evil days (scarey days) come not, nor the years draw nigh ,
when thou shalt say , I have no pleasure in them;
2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened , nor the clouds return after the rain (some dark days might be ahead):
3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble (hands get weaker) ,
and the strong men shall bow themselves (legs don't have the same strength),
and the grinders cease because they are few (teeth start having problems),
and those that look out of the windows be darkened (eyesight starts to fail) ,
4 And the doors shall be shut in the streets (more time spent inside),
when the sound of the grinding is low (work is not as important),
and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird (small things will startle you),
and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low (hearing begins to fade) ;
5 Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high (fear of falling)
and fears shall be in the way (fear of life's activities),
and the almond tree shall flourish (harvest passes you by ..time flys),
and the grasshopper shall be a burden (small things wear you out),
and desire shall fail (you may not even want to eat):
because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: --GET THE PICTURE?
6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed (graying -white hair?),
or the golden bowl be broken (loss of memory or stroke),
or the pitcher be broken at the fountain (loss of bodily functions),
or the wheel broken at the cistern (heart attack).
7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
It may seem to the disconnected observer that old age is a curse ...but to those willing to trust as a child and see ---
it appears that God is preparing us for the greatest , most wonderful game of PEEK-A-BOO that eternity has to offer
.......ABSENT FROM THE BODY, PRESENT WITH THE LORD.
Fear not what is ahead ...
"Peek-a-boo"
Jesus loves you!
And just as I was squinting... to see the buttons to push... for the password to the exit door ...........
HLFA,
Jeff
