1st Reading: 1S 3:3b-10,19
"Samuel! Samuel!" Samuel answered, "I am here!" and ran to Eli saying, "I am here, did you not call me?" But Eli said, "I did not call, go back to sleep." So he went back and laid down. Then Yahweh called again, "Samuel!" and Samuel stood up and went to Eli saying, "You called me; I am here." But Eli answered, "I did not call you, my son. Go back to sleep."...
But Yahweh called Samuel for the third time and, as he went again to Eli saying, "I am here for you have called me," Eli realized it was Yahweh calling the boy. So he said to Samuel, "Go, lie down, and if he calls you again, answer: "Speak, Yahweh, your servant listens." Then Yahweh came and stood there calling as he did before, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel answered, "Speak, for your servant listens."
Samuel grew up, and the Lord was with him, not permitting any word of his to be without effect.
What are you looking for? We have long found Jesus or is it the other way around?! Jesus is in our hearts to stay. We need not look anywhere and everywhere just to find our heart's desire. There is nothing else that we would need for our journey through life. We continue through the hassle and bustle of life knowing that Jesus will always be there for us. He will lighten our load when he thinks we have had enough. It is just that we have to realize that God's ways are not our ways. We need patience and the understanding to realize that what we have entrusted to him, he will really take care no matter what, and no matter how long it takes. He will see us through no matter what happens!
