Matthew 18:12-14
If a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.
When I read this verse I wondered what was that shepherd thinking? He was given the care of a hundred sheep and he is going to leave the ninety-nine in search of the one that went astray? Not too many business people would risk ninety-nine to save one. As a parent, I can relate to the shepherd; if one of my children went astray, there is nothing on this Earth that would keep me from searching for that child until I found and returned him (or her) to our family.
It is a great comfort to me knowing that Jesus, our shepherd, will never let us go astray without searching until he finds us and brings us back into his flock.
Joseph Quinn
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