We are often told to seek and find God in all things. There are some who wait for great signs and wonders. There are those who go chasing after the latest reported apparition of Our Lady or a saint. People wondered where God was in the rubble of New York's World Trade Centre of 9/11. But very often we are looking in the wrong place. In today's first reading, Elijah leaves his cave to greet the Lord as he passes by. A hurricane wind blew destroying everything around, but the Lord was not there either. Then came the sound of a gentle breeze and Elijah covered his face because he knew immediately he was in the presence of his God. For us it will be the same. It is easy to go looking for God in the big happenings of our life. But we so often miss His presence in the small things, in the most ordinary things. And so He passes by and out of our life. Similarly, following the Gospel, it is often only in small things, for example, a look, that can reveal the corrupting tendencies in our heart. It is in taking care of the small things in our lives that the big things will be looked after.