The Old Button Box

Mama's button box



"Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin."
(Luke 15:9)

This morning, I discovered that a button on my autumn "Give Thanks" pillow was missing. I rejoiced!

"And why in the world would you rejoice over a lost button?" you may ask.

Because a lost button is an opportunity to find a matching one in my sweet mother's old button box and that gives me joy.

In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus tells three parables of things lost — a sheep, a coin, and a son — and the joy felt when the lost treasures were found. 

Jesus loves and finds the lost and that gives Him joy. And I tell you, there is great rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God when lost souls are found.