If you know my television viewing habits, you know that I am somewhat enthralled with the show LOST. The premise of the show surrounds a group of survivors of an airline crash on an unknown island. Much of last season’s tension revolved around a man who had lost his son on the island and the lengths he would go to get his son back. I think that relates quite well to our parables this week.

What lengths would you go to find something that you had lost? I imagine that it would differ based upon the value you placed on the lost item. A lost contact lens and a lost child are two completely different conversations. This week, Jesus gives us a “Picture of Reality” as to how much God loves His kids. If we unwrap these three stories of things lost, it will give us much clarity about who God is and how God sees us. It may be time for us to throw out some of our misunderstandings about our Creator and embrace some new truths.

Read through Luke 15:1-31.

• What similarity or differences do you find in each of these three stories?
• What is the picture this paints of God’s view toward that which is lost?
• Does God view that which is lost differently than that which is not?
• How does God feel about you? What effect does that have on your attitude/actions toward that which is lost?

P.S. Since we have not been in Home Groups this summer, our blog responses have been down, but I want to encourage each of you to re-engage as I believe that your voice encourages and challenges others who may not respond, but simply read and ponder quietly.