I've been searching for you...

Hi again, I wanted to share a quick story with you.

Today as the lunch line began, I found my old friend, Benjamin, coming out of the line. (He's featured in an earlier post if you're curious). His eyes were cast down, and he was walking slowly. I called out to him, and he lifted his head. As our eyes met, a smile streched across his face, and he excitedly walked over to me. "Oh my friend, I haven't seen you in weeks, and I've been searching for you." I assured him that while I could not be there every day, I was always there in spirit, and he was in my prayers everyday. He smiled his goofy grin with a mouthful of food, and nodded "That is very good." He said.

My heart overflowed, but then it got me thinking. How often in life are we the Benjamin's? I don't know how often I find myself asking God "Where have you been? I haven't seen you in weeks, I've been searching for you." Whether we realize it or not, we as humans search for positivity, for happiness, and ultimately for Christ. So often we spend our whole life searching, that we forget to lift our eyes up from the ground, and if only we did we would see the beauty that lays in front of us. Just like Benjamin is always in my prayers, so too is God always in our midst. So next time we find ourselves searching, let's lift our heads and our hearts, and open our ears. Maybe that will be the time we hear God saying "Oh my friend, I've been searching for you, where have you been?" Maybe the one time we lift our eyes, we will see the angels among us.