Keep Searching

Who of us has not lost something?  From keys, to checks, to addresses, glasses and cells phones, it seems like we never stop searching.  If we had a dollar for all the hours we spend looking for things, we'd be rich.  Seems to "come with the territory", the busier we are, the more things we have and the older we get.  Jesus touches this basic instinct  to find what we lose when he answers the Pharisees and scribes who criticize his  hobnobbing with sinners."This man welcomes sinners and eats with them." (Lk 15: 1).  He reminds them that people would go to any means to find a lost sheep or coin.  How much more important is it to encourage people who have "lost their way", sometimes not even aware of how far from the right path they have drifted, or what exactly they are searching for?  As we would not stop until we found that lost sheep, coin or key, so we should not stop searching for ways to help people find their way again.  God never stops searching for us or helping us find our way back
Bro. Rene