If you read in Luke 15 (8-9) about the woman who lost the coin, and lit a lamp and swept to find it, and then rejoiced greatly, then you know what our family experienced yesterday. And, whereas it might be a small stretch to call this story part of our life review, I'm doing it anyway.
On Tues, 5 Dec, I was traveling back from DC to Alabama. I called Brenda to check in, only to find her distraught. She tearfully related to me that she had lost her necklace. Now, this is not your ordinary necklace. It was fabricated using a diamond that Andrew gave her. We took some old jewelry, including one of my class rings to trade for the hand-crafted setting. It has great sentimental value that far exceeded its high wholesale value. Brenda could hardly tell me about it through her tears.
When I got home we searched further for the lost necklace. I took the traps off the bathroom sinks, and searched the shower drain. We looked high and low and even visited all the local pawn shops, hoping someone had found it and pawned it. But mostly we solicited prayer that it would be found.
Well, G^d answered our prayer, almost exactly one week after it was lost. On Tuesday, while I was in a meeting (this time locally) a woman called to tell Brenda she had found a necklace. Brenda sms'd her a picture of it-- and it was the one she found! She had found it in the aisle of Toys R Us. She called the store a few days later to see if they knew who lost it, and they had given her Brenda's number. Thanks be to G^d that she was both honest & diligent to follow-up.
The rejoicing was very illustrative of the woman describe in Luke. Thanks be to G^d for his mercy and grace to restore the lost coin/necklace. Scripture come to life!
G^d is good. We realized in the BIG scheme of things, many more important things can be lost than a necklace. Nevertheless, we still rejoiced.
Thank you L^rd that you give us even little things- little jewels. Thank you L^rd!
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