And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. {Jeremiah 29:13}
YOU started on the Great Quest the moment you were born. It was many years perhaps before you realized it, before it became apparent that you were constantly searching — searching for something you never had — searching for something that was more important than anything in life. Sometimes you have tried to forget about it. Sometimes you may even have felt that you were freed from the need to go on seeking this nameless thing. At moments you have almost been able to dismiss the quest completely. But always you have been caught up in it again — always you have had to come back to your search.
At the loneliest moments in your life you have looked at other men and women and wondered if they too were seeking — something they couldn’t describe but knew they wanted and needed. Some of them seemed to have found fulfillment in marriage and family living. Others went off to achieve fame and fortune in other parts of the world.
Still others stayed at home and prospered, and looking at them you may have thought: “These people are not on the Great Quest. These people have found their way. They knew what they wanted and have been able to grasp it.
