LOST AND FOUND

Back in the fall of 2001 my dog, a golden colored Labrador whose name is Barney somehow found his way outside the gate of my brother in law's house. He wandered around the area and for some reason did not find his way back. When I got word about it I rushed to my brother in law's house and went around the area and the neighboring communities but Barney could not be found. I spent days on end going back and forth like a crazy wandering fool not giving up hope and just praying to God that Barney would be kept safe even if I would not be able to find him. Finally right about the fourth day of Barney's disappearance a glimmer of hope, a person whom we've talked to in one of the neighboring communities to which we left our contact number with just in case he gets info on Barney's whereabouts got in touch with us to report to us that he found what looked like a golden colored Labrador in one of the houses within his community. The timing could not be more perfect just when we were all resigned to the fact that we have lost Barney for good. My brother in law and I immediately rushed into the area and found my dog Barney and as soon as he saw me he immediately ran towards my direction and threw himself at me. I could feel the excitement in him to once again be reunited with me it was an awesome, adrenalin filled moment. I once wandered like a lost dog but not from my master's brother in law's house but from my MASTER's path. Imagine with me for a moment the excitement in my heart when He found me and took me out of the mire I was in ... hmmm... SWEET!

"My son, the father said, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found."
Luke 15:31-32

Read: Luke 15:11-32