Lost and Found

Have you ever lost something that meant the world to you? One day at Disney I thought I had lost my daughter who had wondered off, when I finally found her I hugged her and treasured her and never wanted to let her go. Sometimes when we lose things and then find them we want to let others know we found it. We are so excited to have whatever it was that we lost that we want to let the world know and we begin to treasure it even more than before.
Jesus told the parable of the Lost Son. The son decided that he had had enough living under his dad's rule that he wanted to get his share of the estate and move on. When he left he squandered all he had in far off lands on all types of sins. His father wasn't proud of what his son did, but he was still sad to have lost him and wanted him to return. Once the son had nothing left he humbled himself and came crawling back to his father. You would think the father would have scolded him for his foolishness, but instead he was so excited to have his son back that he wanted to throw a massive party in his son's honor. "for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now is found.' So the party began." Luke 15:24. This father had lost one of his most treasured gifts, his son, and was so delighted to have him back. The father had unconditional love for his son, and he showed him amazing grace.
God has this same unconditional love for all of us. Each one of us at some point in our life has been lost, or maybe right now as you are reading this you are the one that is lost. Well God yearns to have you back. "In the same way, heaven will be happier over one lost sinner who returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven't strayed away." Luke 15:7.
God has unconditional love for all of his creation. He loves us as his own Son for He adopted us into His family through the death and resurrection of His Son. No matter what we have done, no matter how many sins we have committed, no matter how far we have strayed, God will show us His amazing grace when we return.
What is stopping you from experiencing His Amazing Grace? Turn from your sinful life, stop straying in worldly directions, and turn back to Him. Every time you lose something that means the world to you and later you find it, treasure that feeling you have for that is the same feeling God has when you are no longer lost.
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see!
In this way you are no longer Lost, but Found!