one of them wanders away, what
will he do? Won't he leave the
ninety-nine others on the
hills and go out to search
for the one that is lost?
And if he finds it, I tell you
the truth, he will rejoice over it
more than over the ninety-nine
that didn't wander away!
In the same way, it
is not my heavenly
Father's will that
even
one
of these
little ones
should perish."
Matthew 18:12-14
the one.
always the one.
always it is about
the
one.
words pressed on my heart
and whispered to my spirit.
words comforting
yet convicting
all at the
same time.
the heart of
Jesus always
looked for the one
straying and
wandering and
running or
perhaps even
pushed away
because His love
is relentless and
passionate and
furiously tender
and knows
no
boundaries.
His love is
radical and
unconventional
and all-inclusive.
and He commands
each one of us to
do as He does.
and that is not
always easy and
love can get a bit
messy
when we dare
to love the one and
look that one in the eye
and say "you matter"
no matter what.
and messy is part of
who we are called
to be in this oh so
broken and messy
world of ours.
and redemption
is messy
and grace
is messy
but oh what
a beautiful mess!
and always He looks
for
the
one.
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