Found!

I lost something this past week. I lost my rings and my necklace. I knew they were in the house, but they were lost. I searched everywhere, David searched everywhere. I knew where I had last seen them, but nothing. At one point I did not even want to eat or sleep.

Now you might think that is going to the extreme, and I guess it is. But, even though neither piece of jewelry is expensive, the meaning and thought and love put into each piece was the value. The rings were from David, and the necklace was a heart that opens to put tokens or gemstones into.

In the necklace, I had gems for each of my family, most gone already, but it includes new family as well. There are 20 gems in there, all part of me and my memories, and my family. I know, they are in my heart, and in my prayers, my thoughts, but the necklace is a reminder, and each time I feel it, I give a prayer for all of them.

During this time, I started to wonder… Does God, my Abba, look for me when I am lost? I know, He always knows where I am, but I don’t always know where He is. In His eyes, I am not lost.

I am part of His family, just as you are too! And just as Jesus told everyone in this parable, if you have one that is lost, would you not go after it?

I want all of my family to know Him, and I will pray each day for all of them, even if no reminder of my necklace. They are in my heart, just as I am in His heart. So I gave up looking, as I had looked everywhere. I resigned myself to, hopefully, finding my jewelry one day.

Does He come after me when I stray? I certainly hope so! He’s not “resigned” to hopefully finding me again, He keeps after me until I return home.

And, after being at peace about my necklace, GASP, there it was, where I had already looked. Was my Abba teaching me a lesson? I think so. My family is in my heart, and we are all in His heart. Not lost, but now found!