From the Tales of the Hasidim:


"The Rabbi's son went out to play Hide-and-Seek with the other children, and when he became "it", the other children played a trick on him, and all ran away home. The boy waited and waited, and then went home crying. His father met him at the door, and asked him why he was crying, and the boy told him, and the Rabbi said: "So it is with God. He hides, and no one seeks Him."

yours, Peter T.