THE LOST BOOK
I know it is in the house somewhere! I just know it, but….there is that word “but”
again. But, we cannot find it. Hubby even helped me look. (Women, that shows I really was trying to
find it if I asked him to help. It is a
known scientific fact the men cannot find something that is right in front of
them.)
It is not exactly a book. A booklet really. Small —- You see, I like to experiment with
cake mixes. I think I have told you that
before and admitted that some of the combinations did not go together. Some were complete fails and could not even
be helped by a scoop of ice cream. This
booklet was about using cake mixes to make fantastic cakes. Wow! Recipes
right up my alley.
To make it even better, it was in a free stack. I picked it up and said, “You are going home
with me little booklet.” I know the
booklet made it home because I distinctly remember sitting in my favorite
reading chair and perusing (50 cent word!) the recipes. That is the last time the booklet was seen.
We searched the chair. Nope. We
searched the book stand. Nope. We searched the kitchen cabinets. Nope. We
searched the storage room/pantry. Nope. THAT BOOKLET WAS NO WHERE TO BE FOUND!!! I searched everywhere …. twice more.
When I think of the time I spent looking for that
booklet, a free booklet, I began to picture a scripture:
(Jesus answered) ““Suppose one of you has a
hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t
he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until
he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and
goes home. Then he calls his friends and
neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ I
tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one
sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous person who do not need to
repent. ” Luke 15:4-7
If I will search, not only one time, but two and
then three times, for a booklet that had no value and was placed on the free
table, think how Jesus feels when one of his sheep is lost.
I like to make verses in the Bible personal:
Suppose I have a hundred sheep and Mary is lost. I will leave the ninety-nine in the
open country and go after her until I find her.
And when I find Mary, I will put my arms around her and we will go home. Then I will call my friends and neighbors
(believers) and say, “Rejoice with me; I have found Mary. She is home!”
If I would become lost, Jesus would say, “Not on
my watch. I will find Mary and will bring
her home.”
And that just makes my heart fill up with JOY!!!