MIA

I have lost something... a Bluetooth that I paid $50 for and got just one week ago.

Tuesday was the last time I saw it.  I was at Steeby, dropping off Alyssa for her dance class and thought I would go for run (which I did). I thought I put the Bluetooth in my purse so didn't think anything of it until I got to work Wednesday morning.


Tore apart my purse.  Everything. Emptied.  Nothing.

Ok. Maybe it was in my car. Checked when I got home.  Nothing.

Hmmm... perhaps it is in the bag that my purse was sitting on.  Nope. Cleaned that out, too.

Tonight, I had the kids clean out the trash and take all of the stuff out of my car.  Then Christian looked on the floor boards with a flash light, Alyssa followed him, I went and when Ted came home I had him use his big surefire to look.  Nothing.

I am pretty upset about this.  How could I lose this new electronic toy so easily?

Then I got to wondering, does God feel that way with us when we stray?

Matthew 18:12-14 tells us that God feels that same urgency in finding us, his followers, when we stray from him.  I was freaking out over losing my Bluetooth and that is nothing compared to how God feels when he loses us.  He goes to every length to find us so that we are walking with Him again.

I know when I feel far from God, I have to remind myself that He is never far from me.

I'm sure that when I least expect it, my Bluetooth will show up.  And that will make me happy.

Imagine how much happier God is when we come back to him.

On that note, I'm going to start reading a devotion and blogging about it to help keep myself accountable and growing in my relationship.