Lost and Found

“It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.” - Luke 15v32

God seems to revel in lost things. Nothing that is lost is too small or insignificant for His attention. Jesus told parables about a lost coin, and lost sheep, and a lost son. In each case a main part of the story is the diligence paid to looking for those lost things.

The story of the lost son is especially poignant. The sheep and the coin were both more or less objects, but the lost son was there because of His own choices. Many of us would have been quick to write him off as a true lost cause. After all, like the elder brother said, he was faithful while the other brother ran off and wasted everything.

While we may write them off God cares about lost things. They are all important to Him. May we gain the few of lost things that Jesus has.