Lost Coin

"Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost.' Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

- Luke 15:8-10

I know how frustrated I am when I lose something (more often than not these days it's my glasses.) But it can be excruciatingly painful when losing something we highly value.

I've heard that in the days of Jesus, ten coins were given as a wedding gift. So to the woman in the parable, losing one of these coins could be likened to losing a wedding ring today. Perhaps the hardest items to lose are those that go beyond their own intrinsic value because they are reminders to us of something more...

Just so, each person means more to God than anything we can imagine. He will always keep searching for us and what joy there is in heaven when we repent!