Several times in a short period we've been aware of a child in our neighborhood being lost.
When word gets around that a child is lost, wheels set in motion. Police search, Amber alerts go out, parents worry, people pray more earnestly, and friends and family go looking in every nook and cranny.
Sometimes the 'lost' don't realize they are. A child who ran off to play with friends may have no awareness of their 'lostness.' While worrying and praying and searching are happening they may be carefree and enjoying their play time.
So many are spiritually lost in our neighborhoods, school hallways, and workplaces. Are we praying? Are we searching them out? Are we keeping the light on for them? Are we leading them home?
They may be laughing, playing it up, and unaware of their lostness. And lostness itself is not sin, so our attitude should be a loving search, not a condemnation of the condition. Let's go looking and keep at it until some more are 'home.'
(check out Romans 10:13-14)
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