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Greetings, Precious Family:

May the Peace of the Lord be with you.

Family, many of you here in the United States have heard of the book The Color Purple by Alice Walker. It was later made into a movie produced by Steven Spielberg, with music produced by Quincy Jones and Andrae Crouch. There are many layers within the story, but one song in particular weaves a message throughout the film: God Is Trying To Tell You Something.

That song becomes a thread of mercy running through the lives of broken people. Each character had to reach a place where they were ready to truly hear what God was saying.

One character, Shug Avery, was a preacher’s daughter with a very checkered past. Time after time she went before her father longing to be accepted, and time after time he turned his back on her. But when Shug finally returned — not just to her father, but to God — she came differently. She came with repentance. She came with worship. She came with surrender.

Standing before her father in the church, she sang her heart out and declared the unforgettable line:
“See, Pa, even sinners have souls too.”

Family, what am I getting at?

There is no distance we can travel that God cannot reach. There is no darkness so thick that His voice cannot penetrate it. There is nothing He would not do to bring a lost one home.

In Luke 15:3–7, Jesus tells the parable of the lost sheep. He told that story because religious leaders were criticizing Him for welcoming sinners. They could not understand why He would sit, eat, and commune with those considered unworthy.
So Jesus painted a picture: a shepherd with one hundred sheep. When one wanders away, he does not shrug and say, “I still have ninety-nine.” He leaves the ninety-nine and goes after the one — until he finds it.

Until.

Is there someone in your family that others have written off as unredeemable?

Is there someone people whisper about? Avoid? Dismiss?

Family, from my heart to yours — treat every person you meet as if they matter deeply to God. No matter how they look. No matter what they are wearing. No matter the lifestyle they may be living.

Drugs. Gambling. Prostitution. Stealing. Lying.
God still loves them.

And when a lost soul cries out to Him, He does not ignore that cry. He pursues. He searches. He restores.

After all… we were them once, weren’t we?

Scripture Passage of the Day

Luke 15:3-7
New International Version

3 Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ 7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

Let Us Pray

Spirit of the Living God, Thank You for being the Shepherd who searches for the one. Thank You for never writing us off when we wandered far from You. Forgive us for the times we have judged others as unreachable or unworthy. Give us Your heart for the lost, Your patience to love well, and Your humility to remember where You found us. May we reflect Your mercy in a world quick to condemn. We lift this prayer to the Chief Intercessor, Redeemer  and Lover of our souls, Christ Jesus. Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.

And we let it be…And so it is

Amen, Amen, and Amen

Worship Video of the Day

Rev. Marcia Davis, BA, MA

Covington, GA (USA)