Like Samuel, so often our first (and second?) instinct is to look for Eli (i.e. politicians? scientists? therapists?) when something we don’t understand is calling for our attention.
The Lord called to Samuel, who answered, “Here I am.” Samuel ran to Eli and said, “Here I am. You called me.” “I did not call you,” Eli said. “Go back to sleep.” So he went back to sleep.
Again the Lord called Samuel, who rose and went to Eli. “Here I am,” he said. “You called me.” But Eli answered, “I did not call you, my son. Go back to sleep.”
—1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19
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