And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’ Luke 15:6
Jesus spoke many parables and this verse for today is a snippet of just one of those parables. However, we can easily see this in a different setting too. The Lord Jesus having died on the cross and risen again on the third day, ascends to Heaven from the mount and here He comes home. What does our Lord do? He calls His Father, and the Holy Spirit, and the angels and archangels, His neighbors, and they have a rejoicing party as our Lord has found and saved His lost sheep. The imagining of such a scene remains a bit beyond our means just now, but the invitation to join the celebration has gone forth by us to all the Earth. Indeed it is one of our mission statements from the Lord to spread the good news. We do not have to go about saying, "Sinner, sinner, sinner!" We can instead offer an invitation to believe and to go with us one great day to that great party of rejoicing as the sheep come home.
We were lost sheep but in Christ are found; no longer do we fear the cold, cold ground.
Rejoice today in Christ the Lord!
Bucky
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