Seeking to Be Found- Me

I climbed trees obsessively

As a child as a youth

I didn't know what I was looking for

or how to pray for proof

I went to church when invited:

The Baptist, Catholic, Pentecostal

and I even dated a Jew

How to pray, none taught me at all

Then, God found me.

In a tunnel, under ground

Holding my breath

In the darkness, I was found

I heard Him and He told me

I would join His church.

I went to institute the next week

In my heart I knew to search

Let us all be like Zacchaeus

Whose name means the pure in heart

Climbing trees even

Ever in the pursuit of Jesus

To abide and do our part

Have you ever held your breath and made a wish while under a tunnel? Yes that was me. A silly girl working at McDonald's and just starting college. But, I was holding my breath for a boy friend. God told me I would have to join his church, first!  I had never felt such electricity when I met the newly returned missionary who introduced me to the institute and church. Our temple marriage fell apart, though.  How could I let go of that magical start?  

I met and married a man from that city with that tunnel.  He helps me not feel lost. He is the poet who gave me this start.... of ldspoetrybykellymiller... not at once. It was when my son left for his mission. My son who never gave up on his dad and rebaptized him. He is pure in heart. 

What kind of journey are you on?  

https://www.ldsliving.com/what-we-may-have-missed-in-jesuss-loving-response-to-a-despised-man-in-the-bible/s/86841

Zacchaeus didn’t give up easily. He was proactive with his wish to see Jesus. What are we doing to actively seek God?

As Jesus testified at the end of this story, He will find the pure in heart and they will see God, “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10).

“Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God” (Matthew 5:8).