Lost and Found

Our Mandy and grandboy #4

"If a man has 100 sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won't he leave the 99 others in the wilderness and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it?" (Luke 15:4)

Somewhere around our house or the river cabin or the park, we lost grandboy #4's little tennis shoes, so we're headed to the store to buy another pair.

In Luke 15, Jesus told three stories - the parable of the lost sheep, the parable of the lost coin, and finally, the parable of the lost son - to make the crucial point that God dearly loves and untiringly and painstakingly goes after His lost children - people separated from Him, Father God, by unforgiven sin.

Therefore, God sent Jesus. "For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost." (Luke 19:10) "For everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved." (Romans 10:13)

So, beloved, "we praise God for the glorious grace He has poured out on us who belong to His dear Son. He is so rich in kindness and grace that He purchased our freedom with the blood of His Son and forgave our sins." (Ephesians 5:6-7) "He delivered us from so great a deadly peril...and we have set our hope on Him!" (2 Corinthians 1:10)