“Not all those that wander are lost.” - J.R.R. Tolkien

“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” - Luke 19:10

Often times as Christians we like to toss around certain words or terminology. After a few tosses, these words tend to lose meaning to us, but we continue to use it. This term of calling people “lost” is one of them. Typically by lost, we mean those who have not chosen to follow Christ; those who do don’t share the faith.

My question is this, do we treat the “lost” like they are truly lost? I mean, if they are lost, and we find them, shouldn’t we be more excited? We run into lost folks ever day. Does the faith within us beg to get out? Do we see the lost not merely as people outside the walls of our faith, but merely brothers and sisters who should be inside with us?

So two thoughts to ponder:

1) if they’re lost, why do we tend to make them feel unwanted

2) just because they’re lost to the faith doesn’t mean they don’t have a clue where and why they’re where they are at.

As you walk through your day today, look around and notice the people you come in contact with. Really think about the way you look at them. Do you look at people the way that Christ did? I know I don’t always do that. I want to change. Anyone with me?

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