Dear Father,

There are certain interesting passages in Scripture that seem paradoxical and often leave me with questions. For instance: "That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us." The idea of seeking is to try to find. If You are not far from every one of us, why then do we need to seek?

Perhaps there is more to finding You than just looking for something we seek. Perhaps it is true that proximity does not mean intimacy. In this case, there is more to seeking than the superficial meaning of the word. Because if finding You is the goal, then seeking must be accompanied by intentionality.

This is how serious it gets: a man may be married to a woman for as long as they both shall live, yet at some point in their journey, they realize they never truly knew each other. This happens in close friendships as well. Herein lies the possibility that people may be so close, yet so far.

When I ponder on what it means to seek You, I think also of the unrelenting devotion of an eager heart that refuses to stop until it finds You. I think of intimacy built through consistency. I think of desire that longs for a deeper experience even after an encounter. I think of passion that remains unwavering despite the challenges it encounters along the way.

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