In Luke 15 Jesus tells a series of “lost-n-found” parables. They are each insightful.
One of these “lost-n-found” stories happened to me the other day.
On a day off, my family & I were running some errands. We had to pick up some things for a household project, and when we got to the check-out line, I could not find my credit card.
Yikes! Panic: self-contained, but still a quiet, internal, cold-sweat-kinda-panic. Jennifer was there to pay for the stuff, but the frustration I felt – questioning myself “what were you thinking, where did you put it?!!” was my focus.
For the kids it was sheer delight! Wow. Dad loses stuff, too!?! No way! They immediately started joking on me.
“What do you always say to us dad! ‘Jesus said “Seek & ye will find!”
They turned it into a playground sing-song litany as they skipped through the parking lot to our car (which has never seemed so far away).
Seek & ye will find! Seek & ye will find!
By the time everyone stopped singing & laughing. Jennifer had remembered another one of my *famous* maxisms & she “maxed” it in my face: “‘A place for everything and everything in its place!’ – so where’s the place for your credit card, Jason?”
Arrgh. The what-goes-around-comes-around truth of being a *preacher* at home. When ya stumble, there’s a ready stream of free advice on how to not stumble and fall.
Man, I sure know what it’s like to listen to me now. LOL!
BTW, the credit card was safe at home in my suit pocket. Like most things I “lose” they just waiting undiscovered in one of my many Pockets!
And, as always with lost things, they’re in the *last* place ya look!
SO…This experience has reminded me of the pains of the lost, and of the joy of finding.
So may you Find, whatever is lost in your life.