Reading Jesus: Lost and Found

How's your sense of direction?

Anyone who knows me very well, knows that my sense of direction isn't all that well developed; I tend to lose my way easily-- thank goodness for Google Maps.

But just as I find myself lost geographically on occasions, the same can be said about one's spiritual life. Sometimes we stray in life down a path and we wander, like a sheep, so far that we find ourselves lost. Other times, like the woman who dropped a valuable coin, we find ourselves lost through no real fault of our own-- life just happens-- sometimes we are simply dropped.

It seems that when we are most lost that we often slap the panic button and take oursleves even deeper into the dark forest. We do it through work, relationships, addictive substances, and anything else that we think will help us be found.

But in our search for our true home we discover a God who is searching for us. A God who created us in God's image; the image of Divine Love. It's difficult to accept that God sees us as valuable and of great worth, especially when everything in culture says our worth and value is based on what we can do and accomplish.

As I Read Jesus, I find the face of God who claims that it is when we are most lost, that God is most eagerly seeking to find us. If you fdiscover yourslef seeking God or to deepen your spiritual life, the reality is, God is seeking you. Jesus, the Face of God, came to seek and make whole the lost, but sometimes we have to come to a place where we are willing to admit we are lost and are willing to stop the insanity and ask for directions.

If you are feeling lost for any reason-- perhaps you have wandered off and strayed from yourself and God; perhaps you have been dropped by someone you love or who is supposed to love you. Wherever you are-- the mansion of the hill or in the deep mine of darkness-- if you are feeling lost, plase know that God is looking for you. In Jesus, God has come looking for us all--and God will never be a rest until we are all found.