Seeking the Lost

The other day I was at the park with my three-year-old twins and they were gathering up leaves.

They made the leaves into bouquets and carried them around. Whenever one leaf escaped from the bundle and blew away they'd hurry over to pick it up and restore it with the others.

It made me think of Luke 15:

³ Then Jesus told them this parable: ⁴ “Suppose one of

you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he

not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go

after the lost sheep until he finds it? ⁵ And when he finds it,

he joyfully puts it on his shoulders ⁶ and goes home.

Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says,

‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ ⁷ I tell you

that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in

heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine

righteous persons who do not need to repent.

They cared so much about the leaves that they couldn't stand to see even one get lost. They would not rest until every leaf was in the bundle.

This is the way God the Father cares for us, seeking each one until he or she is restored.

As Jesus Himself said in Luke 19:10, "For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.”

Now that's amazing!