“I am the Good Shepherd”
The lost things of the gospel are treasures worth seeking. We can discipline ourselves to pray and bring those lost treasures back home to our hearts. But it takes persistence. It takes a yearning for the God of light to give direction. It takes our openness and our love of the truth.
The beauty of the finding is that all of the greatest treasures are in the heart of our God. Lent is a time to look at the Son, Jesus, and to see what he held dear, to recognise anew how he refund all of us through his death and resurrection.©
Lord, sometimes I think your heart
is one big room of lost and found,
holding dear the timeless treasures
that ive lost through selfishness
Let me look into your heart, Lord.
is my cear for hurting ones there?
(I gave it away to concerns of my own)
is my thanks for life and beauty there
(I lost it between some busy days)
Let me look deeper into your heart, Lord
is the faith I felt so keenly there?
(I misplaced it one trusting day)
is my willingness to be open there?
(I hid it too long and now I cant find it)
is some of the truth of myself there?
(I stopped looking for it some time ago)
is my deep hunger for you waiting there?
(I lost it for food of material thing)
Lord, you hold all that I value most
it’s there in the depths of your heart.
please look into your lost and found;
help me to find the best of what I’ve lost,
to Discover the values I’ve misplaced
and some of the treasures I’ve tossed
