Coffee and Grace

It was a lovely breakfast with friends, we chatted

in the sunshine in the outdoor seating area of the

café, and the steaming hot cappuccino hit the spot.

After returning home I couldn’t find my handbag.

Where was it? I checked the house, searched the car, hunted high and low, but it was nowhere to be seen. It didn’t take long before that awful sinking feeling came over me. My handbag must still be at the café!

My bag was precious to me - like an extension of myself!   I shuddered to think of my lost valuables – my bag was available to any unscrupulous opportunist. I called the café, but the line was dead.  I then made ready to drive to the café, before realising that my car keys were in my handbag! Eek! What now? My attention was laser focused. My prayers urgent.

Thankfully, to my joy, the café called to say my bag was safe, and my friend kindly drove me to the café to retrieve it. Eureka! I rejoiced!

Suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one, doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? Luke 15:8

In the parable of the lost coin the woman searched the house up and down until she found what she had lost. She would not rest till she was reunited with her invaluable coin. Jesus says he feels exactly the same way about you. If we have lost our way, drifted from God or turned our back on Church, Jesus turns every stone to retrieve us, bring us back, and keep us safe in his care. Today, come home. Let yourself be found. You are invaluable and precious.

With Love, Rev Gill x

Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin. Luke 15:9