Matthew 18:10-14

“See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. What do you think? If someone owns a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray? And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.

In Luke 15:11-32 we read a story of a father and his two sons. While both sons experience being lost in different ways, one son wanders off and literally goes astray. He squanders everything he was entitled to on worthless things, and then makes himself a slave. Nobody gives him anything and he yearns to eat the food the pigs eat. Coming to his senses, he decides to return to his father’s house. Luke 15:20 (NKJV) says, “And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.” When we sin and go astray, God anticipates our return, and He rejoices when we come back where we belong. There is great celebration when one who was lost is found once more. Nothing can separate you from the love of God. Let that truth change your life.