whyyyy is it so hard to listen?

Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go lie down, and if He calls you, you shall say, ‘Speak Lord, for your servant hears.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 1Sam.3:9
via part of the vine (that very tiny friend of mine)

and

"If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" Luke 11:13