Where Can I Go, Lord? AKA - You Cannot Hide... a Five Minute Friday post

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{I can't say it enough, really - I love my tribe! The Gathering that happens on Twitter on Thursday nights and then flashmob writes out their hearts and hits publish all over the interwebs on Thursday and Friday (and sometimes on Tuesdays!) But, I know... I'm like a broken record here, stuck on repeat! However today I am thinking of a different community. Let's just get started.}

This is Five Minute Friday and our Word Prompt for the day is: HIDE

{GO}

"Where can I go, that You won't find me?"

So here's the deal with me: you know I just tell it like it is. 
I'm nothing if I'm not keepin' it real, y'all! 

Maybe you have asked this question, too.  Maybe it was a way to reassure your soul that truly He was there all along. He was...He is! Don't worry. This isn't going to turn on you and get weird.

But I have to be honest... lately, because -you know, pressure! - when I've asked that question, it hasn't always been seeking comfort in knowing He is here, as much as it has been seeking a little breaky from all of His pushing.


When God asks you to lean in and give up and take risks and let go of your (perceived) Comfort Zone... what it can often feel like is a lot of pressure. It can feel like I would just like a minute to escape it and, I don't know, marathon a Netflix show and just breathe. Maybe have some coffee, for the love.  

But none of those things are an option! He gave me a slow restful season - and I said it myself that I should be enjoying it because it surely meant that whatever was next was going to  be fast and furious and oh my goodness, our feet are firmly planting where He is leading us, but our heads and hearts are still spinning about a bit!

No, there is no hiding from God. But the good news is that there is no God hiding from us, either! 

Oh sometimes it may feel like that. If it hasn't yet... hold on, it will.

Sometimes God gets quiet... (Hello, Summer of Silence!) but God, much like Bob, is never gone! Oh you may think H/he's gone, but he's never gone!

{STOP}

I know, you guys? I don't know what is wrong with my brain tonight? I blame the lack of coffee... or #SleepTweeting!  

Here - we'll end with a Scripture, that should help...

"Is there anyplace I can go to avoid your Spirit?

to be out of your sight?

If I climb to the sky, you’re there!

If I go underground, you’re there!

If I flew on morning’s wings to the far western horizon,

You’d find me in a minute— you’re already there waiting!

Then I said to myself, “Oh, he even sees me in the dark!

    At night I’m immersed in the light!”

It’s a fact: darkness isn’t dark to you; 

night and day, darkness and light,

they’re all the same to you." Ps 139:7-12 The Message

Even when/if I am the one who is wanting to hide, in all of His love, He will give me (a tiny little bit of) space but He always knows exactly where I am! 

This song (or entire CD) is on repeat lately here... it's reminding me that whether I feel Him or not... whether I want to hide, or question where He is... no matter what, He is near.

I love the #fmfparty Community that gathers on Twitter and all across the Internet on Thursday nights and on Fridays... on into the next week, where we encourage and uplift... where we share prayer requests and praise reports... where we talk food and friends and we find support and kindred hearts and we are reminded that life is good and God is good and we are not alone... and then we all write for five minutes flat, a flash mob of wordsmiths letting our hearts and our fingers do the talking tapping and we hit publish before we can second guess... we just let Him flow!   Five Minute Fridays gives us the chance to dive right in and share what He puts on our hearts! Click here to read what others have to say about "HIDE"


Oh ...the fine print: if you don't know what FMF is!  Five Minute Fridays have been hosted by Lisa Jo Baker.  This week we start gathering over at Kate Motaung's.  FMF is open to anyone, so to learn more about it - and to jump in yourself (the more the merrier!) or just to find a linky to see what everyone is writing about today - click HERE!  The idea is to simply write... for Five Minutes flat... no editing, no deep thinking - or at least REthinking, no spell check - just write! Let it flow! We all write using a prompt that Lisa posts at 10pm Thursday night (EST.)  I'm loving the community of amazing bloggers and the creativity that flows from these magical Five Minutes!