Found

  

The WORD today (See http://usccb.org/bible/readings/110614.cfm) reminds me that wherever we may be, God will find us.

Love is a very famous yet overused topic. We all want love – we want to be loved and we want to love, be it romantic love or otherwise. For romantic love, a lot of people want one. We search long and hard to find our one true love. But other people say that you don’t need to look for love, because love will find you. And since God is love, I believe this is true for him as well.

There is no problem if you can’t find God. He will find you.

In the gospel we see that Jesus came to dine with sinners. Yes, he did not stay in the temple to pray and be with the holy ones of that time. He came to the streets looking for sinners.

This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
So Jesus addressed this parable to them.
“What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them
would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert
and go after the lost one until he finds it?
……
‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’
…..
“Or what woman having ten coins and losing one
would not light a lamp and sweep the house,
searching carefully until she finds it?
….

‘Rejoice with me because I have found the coin that I lost.’
In just the same way, I tell you,
there will be rejoicing among the angels of God
over one sinner who repents.”

God will go the extra mile to find you. That’s how special you are. No matter how sinful you are or you may feel, he will come to you. He will find you.

Sometimes we feel ashamed to come to God, especially when we feel sinful, or when we know we are living in sin. We think that we need to clean ourselves first before we come to Him, before he can accept us. But I believe this is not the case. Christian rapper Lecrae echoes this in his song

So if you feel like you gotta clean yourself up

Before you can come to Him, Forget it

Just come to Him

He’ll take you as you are,

and he’ll change YOU From the inside, out

However, God finding us is not the end. Like the sheep in the gospel, even if the owner finds it, if the sheep would run away and resist, it won’t be back with him. In the same way, we should be ready and willing to accept Jesus. We should be willing to surrender and go back to him. We should be willing to let him bring us back, heal us, and change us.

May we be reminded how special we are in God’s eyes, and be ready and willing to return with him when he finds us.

Father God,

Thank you for today. Thank you for another day to live. Thank you for all the love you have been giving me. Thank you for seeing me in a special way, even if I don’t see myself that way. Thank you for taking the extra mile to find me. Sorry for staying away, Lord. And I pray that you help me have a humble and contrite heart to come to you and come with you when you call me. Amen.

Blessed day!

In Christ,

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