Another Thought At Mass

Today at Mass we heard the scripture about Eli and Samuel. The story is about Samuel hearing someone in the night and running ingto Eli's room and saying I am here. Eli responds just as most parents (although ELi was not Samuel's father) would. "I did not call you go back to bed! It is the middle of the night!" It happens again and Samuel again runs back to Eli waking him up again. Eli finally tells Samuel, " Go back to bed and if you hear the call again, it is God talk to him." I do believe that God speaks to us and the story is possible. Having been in a situation similar to Eli I wonder if it was just Eli's way of getting a good nights sleep. It must have worked because Samuel does not return. Maybe because he does not want to wake Eli again or maybe his conversation with God was fruitful and send him back to sleep. Just random thoughts, another angle to the same scriptures.