She came into the church office with worried eyes. “I lost my pearl earring Sunday during Church.” She’d discovered it when she got home. After searching her apartment and car, yesterday she had come back up to hunt around her pew and still couldn’t find it. I looked as well- nothing. Today, when our janitorial service came, I asked them to keep an eye out for it. Instead of using their industrial vacuums, they painstakingly dry mopped the whole church building with giant cloths. They found it! I can still hear the joyous relief in her voice over the phone when I told her.
We are all pearls of preciousness to our Lord. He will search us out and find us when we are lost. Like our dear janitors, He will slowly and carefully hunt, always watchful.
My friend was unsuccessful in finding her earring and so was I. But I did two things – I prayed about it and I asked the professionals to search for me.
If you know someone who is lost, you may not have the resources to help them find their way back again. Remember this story. Our loving Lord knows what to do. Hand the job over to Him and pray. After all, He paid the price for all of us to be found.
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.” Matthew 13:45-46
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