Hey Ma, I can't find the ketchup!

My Love,
 
 Then you will call upon Me
and go and pray to Me,
and I will listen to you.
And you will seek Me and find Me,
when you search for Me with all your heart. 
I will be found by you, says the LORD,
and I will bring you back from your captivity;
I will gather you from all the nations
and from all the places where I have driven you, says the LORD,
and I will bring you to the place
from which I cause you to be carried away captive.

Forever Yours,

Your King
(Jer 29:12-14)

 How consumingly romantic.  Have you ever received a love letter like THAT?

I can't tell you how many times my 14 yr old son say's  "I can't find the ketchup" when I intentionally put it in a place where it can be easily found. I have to stop what I'm doing only to find my son standing in front of the fridge just staring. I walk over, slide the milk over a half of an inch and voila! Miraculously the item appears. I mean, for crying out loud, LOOK!
 I'm sure I am not the only mother who has witnessed this phenomenon. How frustrating!
Just like each one of us, our Lord wants to be passionately pursued. He wants an intimate part of us that no one else gets.....and He gives us the same in return. El Shaddai wants to be found, and He places Himself in places where if we would just actively look, even with just a little effort, we get to find Him....and to our surprise, He ends up being in plain sight.
In His word, God repeatedly promises us that if we seek him with our whole hearts, everything will fall into place. No one can do that for us but us. Is the Lover of Our Soul asking too much in exchange for everything He so anxiously waits to impart onto us? 

More importanly, are we truly seeking Him? Or are we just staring into the fridge waiting for Him to appear?