For several weeks, the church I attend, Georgetown Bible Church,  http://georgetownbiblechurch.com/ had been preparing us for the Thirst Conference A team from Life Action Ministries was coming to have revival meetings and the church leadership was encouraging everyone to set the time aside to participate.

I attended Sunday’s services. I remember not really wanting to go because I knew I hadn’t really been where I should be spirituality. The first speaker reminded us that in the Bible, God invited us to join Him in this spiritual journey. He attracted Moses’ attention with the burning bush, but didn’t speak to Moses until Moses pursued Him. This is repeated in other places throughout the Bible. The speaker pointed out that we should not let God pass us by. If the Spirit is moving, if God is leading we need to respond.

Prior to this I felt rather lost. I felt like I was losing hold of who I was. The ideas of who I thought I would be when I was a young woman versus who I am now in my mid-forties wasn’t meshing. How did I end up here at this point in life? Conflicted because I have so much to be thankful for a great husband, two great kids, a good life. Yet, spiritually, I had become stagnate in my love for God. My focus had turned inward on me, not on Him.

I didn’t go to the meetings Monday or Tuesday but God was still working on grabbing my attention. I went to see mighty Lake Michigan one afternoon. I knew I needed to get quiet and get writing. God wanted me to give Him some attention.

It was at the lake. Watching the endless waves slapping against the shore, the scent of the water mixed with sunshine and sand, the feel of the breeze that I heard His invitation to a divine game of Hide and Seek. Here I was looking for myself, trying to find out where I had gone. Here He was inviting me to hide myself in Him and to Seek Him. I learned that day that in order to find myself again, I would need to Seek Him first.