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April 2020

Devotion

LPNI Devotion

I Was Found!

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost! Luke 19:10 (NIV)

Have you ever been lost? It can be a frightening experience.

I will never forget being a young kindergartner and very lost. When I was a child society was very different from today. It was not unusual for children to walk to and from school. My mother had carefully taught me the way to walk the block and a half from our house to the school. We had made the trip many times. I always walked directly to school and entered the south door. It was easy.

One day when it was time to return home, I went out the north door. The ground was covered with snow. It had snowed all morning, and nothing looked the same. I walked in what I thought was the right direction, but I did not see my house. I stopped a man, gave him my address and asked if he could point the way. He pointed out a truck that was traveling through town, but I did not see my house. I continued to walk and walk and walk.

I walked until my legs could not walk any further. I was now at least eight blocks from school and seven blocks from home. I was as at the last street in town, and I still had not found my house. I sat down on a tree stump to rest and to cry. I wondered if I would ever find my way home again. It seemed hopeless.

I had barely begun to cry again when a nice lady came out of her house and asked me if I was lost. I told her I was. She took me inside to warm up and asked if I knew my phone number. I told her it was 130X. She made me hot cocoa and gave me cookies. I had just begun the nice snack when there was a knock at the door. The nice lady opened the door. I could not believe my eyes, because my father was standing there. He thanked the lady, took me in his arms, kissed me, and took me home.

As a young child, I did not fully comprehend how all these events took place. I had not seen the lady make the phone call. The one thing I did understand is that I had been lost, but now I was found! I was going home! Like my father who found his little girl so many years ago, our heavenly Father will find us wherever we may be.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, I thank You that even when I feel lost in the midst of my sins, You are always with me. I thank You for hearing my cries and Your promise to take me home to be with You forever in heaven. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Marcia Schnorr, EdD, RN-BC

Certified Lay Minister-Parish Nurse

St. Paul Lutheran Church (Rochelle, IL USA)

Chairperson, LPNI

Marcyschnorr2009@gmail.com