迷失
我很少会丢失东西的，但是有一次，在一个教会的通宵活动中，我竟然遗忘了一个学生。当我和其他人起程去打保龄球时，我把他遗留在教会里；那时他独自一人逛到教会的另一边，因为要赶时间，我们没有数点车上的学生人数便起程了；我们列队等待玩保龄球时，其中一个学生收到那个被遗留下来的人的短信，查问我们在那里。我感到非常内疚，于是便急忙开车回去找他了！
遗失了一些我们视为重要的东西时，我们便逼切要立刻寻回它；这个例子帮助我们明白，当有人迷失了生命时，神认为这是一个何等严重的问题，因为祂爱我们多过我们能想像的。在这个比喻中，耶稣说，祂的父会放下一切、不计代价来领祂迷路的儿女回家的（参看约翰福音3:16）。这样的爱和关怀，是我们极大的安慰，又能带给我们新的生命！。
我们都认识一些因疑惑或矛盾以致走离信心之路的人，他或许是你的儿女或父母；又或许是你自己离开了神，迷失了。我们离开神无论有多远，祂总不会遗忘我们任何一个的。
祂像寻找祂深爱的儿女那样来寻找每一个迷失的人，好叫他们能够得到丰盛的生命，而当他们终于回头归家时，大家便会欢呼庆祝了！
父啊，祢寻找我们、拯救我们，并带领我们与祢进入永恒，我们感谢祢。奉耶稣祈求，阿们。
路加福音 15:1-7
1 众税吏和罪人都挨近耶稣，要听他讲道。
2 法利赛人和文士私下议论说：“这个人接待罪人，又同他们吃饭。”
3 耶稣就用比喻说：
4 “你们中间谁有一百只羊失去一只，不把这九十九只撇在旷野，去找那失去的羊，直到找着呢？
5 找着了，就欢欢喜喜地扛在肩上，回到家里，
6 就请朋友邻舍来，对他们说：‘我失去的羊已经找着了，你们和我一同欢喜吧！’
7 我告诉你们：一个罪人悔改，在天上也要这样为他欢喜，较比为九十九个不用悔改的义人欢喜更大。”
Lost
“When he finds [the lost sheep], he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home.” — Luke 15:5
I don’t lose things very often, but I once lost track of a student during an all-night event at our church. I left him behind when the rest of us left to go bowling. He had wandered off by himself to another part of the building, and, because we were running late, we left church in a hurry and didn’t count how many students got into the vans. We were waiting in line for bowling when one of the other students got a text from the stranded boy wondering where we all were. I felt horrible and drove back as fast as I could to find him!
When we lose something that’s important to us, we have a sense of urgency to find it right away. This helps us understand how seriously God takes it when a person gets lost in life—for he loves us more deeply than we can imagine. In this parable Jesus explains that his Father will leave behind everything else and do what it takes to bring his lost child home (see also John 3:16). That kind of love and concern can be a huge comfort for us—and give us new life!
We all know people whose faith journeys have become derailed because of questions or conflicts. Perhaps it is a child or a parent. Maybe you have wandered away from God yourself and are lost. God doesn’t forget any of us, no matter how far we might wander.
He is pursuing every lost person as his beloved child so that they can have full life. And when they are finally home, the celebration is amazing!
Father, thank you for pursuing us to rescue us and carry us into eternity with you. In Jesus, Amen.
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