Hiding under the Bed

Here goes my first attempt at blogging.
Life as we know it...I am getting to be an age where reflection of the past is inevitable. Often times throughout the day I find myself reflecting back on my life. Some things, I regret; some things I embrace; and other things, I love and am grateful for! Regardless of my feelings, the past cannot be changed, it can be forgotten, but never changed. I just hope that what I have learned was worth the things that I have gone through.
Today has been a pretty uneventful day. I was in the shower this morning, enjoying the warmth of the water (its cold here in Texas, for Texas) and all of the sudden I feel a splurge of cold water from the top of my head and down my body. Immediately I hear two little boys giggle and footsteps as they run out the door. I scream, mainly because the water is so cold and they laugh even harder. I told them I would get them for this....then it was silent. I finished my shower and got dressed. It is silent in my house. I home school my kids so they are usually pretty rowdy. Especially being that they are 14 months apart and boys. Seems like all they do is wrestle with each other. So silence, is weird...I go to the living room and they are no where to be found, look in the kitchen-no one there, outside-no one there, their bathroom-empy....I try to listen hard and don't even hear them breathing. So I head into my youngest son's room...I see sheets that are hanging off the bed begin to move. I got em!! So I pretend that I don't know where they are. I get animated in my footsteps and in my rustling around looking for them. I walk over to the bed (its what they are hiding under), and pause. They cannot take it..I hear muffled giggles...so I flip up the sheet and scream BOO!! They squeal, and scramble out from under the bed. As they gather themselves together, I call them little stinkers and tell them I will get them back when they are least expecting it. They stand there looking at me..."Geez mom", says the youngest," I thought you were gonna get us, you know do more than just go BOO!" That made me laugh! I will I said, but not while you are expecting it!
Aren't you glad that God isn't like me? He doesn't keep records of what you have done wrong as long as you are faithful and ask for forgiveness. He will never get you back or take revenge.  He is a loving God, full of Mercy and Grace. So often times after we mess up, we try to "hide under the bed" hoping that He doesn't see us or what we did, that He cannot find us. But He created us and He knows our every move, where we are what we are doing, what we are thinking, and even the thoughts, intents and secrets of the heart. He knows you more than you know yourself! Why try to run and hide from God? Show yourself to Him, you will be surprised to find a merciful, loving God standing there waiting for you with open arms!!