THE LOST BOY

Once a little boy was lost in the woods. The alarm was sounded, a church meeting was broken up, the whole neighborhood aroused. Fishermen abandoned their nets, and merchants closed their shops. Plows were left in the fields and washings in the tubs. Everyone turned out to look for the little fellow. He might have been snake-bitten or fallen into a well. But after hours of search, he was found, and oh, the joy experienced because of the rescue.

Today, that boy has grown up. He is lost again! Lost in his sins. Doomed to a fate worse than his first one could possibly have been. But his mother and father are not in the least concerned. Business goes on as usual in his home town. Even the church seems to hold little concern for his lost condition. The attitude seems to be that of little Bo Peep….” Leave them alone, and they’ll come home.” That wasn’t Jesus’ attitude. He left the ninety-nine to go seek the one astray. Let us diligently seek the lost and those who have strayed back into the world! Let us not sleep till they all be found.

via, Lanett Bulletin