Lost and Alone

“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned — everyone — to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.” Isaiah 53:6

“’What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’’” Luke 15:4-6

Ever since the school load lightened, I was able to work out every morning. I do get lazy quite often, but the TV in front of the running machine really helps with the jog. Watching a movie while running helps me add a couple more miles, and I got to see quite a few movies lately.

The latest movie I watched was Home Alone 2. Kevin has once again been left by himself, this time in New York. The story is quite similar, where Kevin makes fools of the two criminals, but the scene that left a mark in my heart was when Kevin’s mother aimlessly wanders the streets of New York in hopes to find Kevin. She walks down asking anyone if they have seen the boy in the picture.

The scene is but a few seconds, but it reminded me of how God was desperately searching for us, even at this moment.

Of course the movie ends in a happy ending, but was this to be the case for our lives?

The problem with us is that it just has been too long for us to realize that we are truly lost. We have lived our lives alone, for years on. We have forgotten our call to a family of church, to our father, our creator, simply living on aimlessly.

Kevin’s mother searched for him desperately, because she knew that he would be in danger of society, that he was still yet incapable of living alone. We too are incapable of living this life by ourselves. Yet we feel like we have been thrown out into the wild. We have survived and we have endured. I do not want to bring down the amazing feat of mankind, but it is time to realize that God has been behind all of it, that we need to remember and acknowledge him.

This is YOUR story. This is YOUR God. Let’s go home.