An important metaphor for Christian life is the play of love, in which human beings play hide-and-seek with the Holy Spirit.221 Out of the soul’s intense longing for God, believers dedicate themselves to seeking Spirit, which never ceases to seek the beloved. Nowhere is the metaphor of hide-and-seek more poetically expressed than in the Song of Songs. Representing God and the human soul, each part takes turns longing for and seeking the hidden other. He pleads, “O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear
Seeking God
