Seeking

Morning Prayer.

I am struck by these verses:

‘...He [Joseph, son of Jacob, dreamer] came to Shechem, and a man found him wandering in the fields; the man asked him, “What are you seeking?” “I am seeking my brothers,” he said; “tell me, please, where they are pasturing the flock.”’

Genesis 37:14-16

Joseph is estranged from his brothers, and it will be many years before they are—miraculously—reconciled. But the stranger’s question cuts to the heart of Joseph’s mission, and Joseph’s answer reveals his deepest longing. And in a very real sense, the stranger is God, and Joseph is each one of us.