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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 4 – Masters)
Topic: Lost Sheep (Matthew 18:12-14, Luke 15:4-7) (02/01/24)
It was a day of new—a new house in a new neighborhood and a new high school for our daughter to attend. At the end of the first day of school, she was to get off the bus at a stop at a shopping mall until our bus route would be established. Before she left that morning, I had carefully described the mall entrance where I would meet her.

I was at the appointed place a few minutes early, to be sure I was ahead of the bus. There was no sign of her yet. Then, when the estimated meeting time had passed, I began to feel a little impatient and became more so as the minutes grew. I wondered if she had seen a shop she wanted to visit or was chatting with a new friend.

Suddenly, I remembered that this was the mall, where some time ago, a young woman had been murdered, and I went into full panic mode. I began to walk quickly down the main hall of the mall, praying as I went and checking each entrance. My mind was in turmoil, till finally, I got to the opposite end, and there she was!

“Where have you been?” she asked. “I’ve been waiting here forever! I thought you must have gotten lost.” Whether it was my directions or her understanding, my “lost” daughter was found, and with a heart full of joy, I brought her home.

That must be how Jesus feels when He finds us in our lost condition, and He brings us home.
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Toni Babcock 
02/16/24
This brought back memories of when I thought my grand-daughter who has autism was lost, when in fact she was in an upstairs master bathroom playing with running water in the sink. Grandma was in a panic. That sense of dread and panic could be felt as I read your story!