I feel like the woman in the Parable of the Lost Coin (Luke 15:8-9) as I have been looking for a book of mine all day. I have even looked in places where a book should not be: under couch cushions; in paper boxes; in shoe boxes; in suitcases in the closet; behind other books on the shelves and even in cabinets. As of this writing, I have NOT found the book. Now that it is about 3pm you would think I would stop looking. I haven't. Now I'm going over the same places I looked earlier today.
I think Jesus searches for us like that. He looks everywhere. Even in the most unlikely places...Searching for us until we are found. That type of intense searching should be comforting to us. To have in our heart a sense that we are called to something beyond us; something great. Each of us who are lost are searched for by God. Like the woman, God will turn over everything to reach us.
Can you feel something pulling at you? Drawing you like a magnet? Then say yes to the Holy Spirit and give in to the pull. Unlike my lost book, there is much to rejoice over when you are found by God.
Peacefulness
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