Lost and Found

 

A few weeks back dad finally got the hearing aids he had been wanting for so long. Since they are so new, and he is adjusting to having them, we have to go every couple of weeks for checks and adjustments. This morning was one of those adjustment appointments. I get down there, help him into my vehicle and we head for the office. Once there I parked in the handicap spot for the first time, hang the tag and move around to help him out of the jeep. He didn't want to walk up the ramp so I helped him up the steps. Then made sure mom got up safely. Helping dad inside we were met and told to go ahead into the office. It was immediately discovered that dad had lost one of his hearing aids. It was nowhere in his clothing, in my jeep or anywhere along the distance we had walked into the building. That being the case, there was nothing the gentleman could do adjustment wise. We started out with the instructions to call once we found, or could not find the hearing aid. The gentleman walked with us helping make sure both of my parents made it safely.

 Once we got home I immediately began the search. It wasn't in the yard or on the front porch. It wasn't in his chair. It was under his side table. It was undamaged and he somewhat easily got it back in his ear. I called the office and rescheduled his appointment for next week.

 

 When someone is new in the faith, it may seem easy to get misdirected. We stumble, we take wrong turns, we give in to temptations. There are times, that even those who gave their life to Christ years prior, wander away. Life is a journey. It is a learning process. Every day holds lessons to be learned if we are paying attention. But, all along the way, there are pitfalls, detours, many temptations that will cause one to lose focus and direction.

But no one who is a child of God wanders too far that they cannot be found. No one commits  a sin too bad to be forgiven. To deny Christ is the only thing that separates  the lost from salvation and eternity with God.

That hearing aid was a small thing, replaceable. We only have the one life, irreplaceable. Once our time runs out and we close our eyes for the last time, there are no more opportunities. We cannot be sought out and given another chance. We made our choice. The best thing is to seek the one who seeks us. The One who calls to us and seeks to draw us near. We are not lost to Him, He knows where we are. He loved and loves us enough still, that He gave His only begotten Son to die on a cross that we may have life. His resurrection paying the price of our sins. Forgiveness given at great cost to Him, yet given freely to us. But the choice is ours to make. Do we wish to be found?