{¶} The prophet Jeremiah saw a flock of ruined sheep:
{¶} We readily forget GOD, our "resting place", and wander away. Yet HE pursues us wherever we go, with no complaint of the darkness, the cold wind, the heavy burden, the steep hill, or the thorny path over which HE must pass to rescue one lost sheep.
HIS love does not count time, energy, suffering, or even life itself.
{¶} HIS pursuit is not reward for our goodness but the result of HIS decision to love.
HE is driven by love; not by our beauty.
HE is drawn to us when we have done nothing right and when we have done everything wrong.
And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he is happier about the one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off.
In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones be lost.
Matthew 12-14
LOST SHEEP ARE NOT DOOMED!
THEY ARE THE ONES HE CAME TO FIND!