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Themes Seeking Savior LOST AND FOUND! "Where in the world are they?" One day when I was four, I asked this question. My dad had taken my brother and me shopping for groceries. While in the store, my brother and I stopped to look at a section of toys. I picked one up and began to play with it. I liked it so much, I did not see my brother leave. Suddenly, I looked up. He was gone. I was scared! I looked up and down the aisles of the store for my brother and my dad. I could not find them. I was lost, but I would not admit it. "They must have gone home without me." I thought. I decided to leave the store and walk home by myself. Although I did not think it was very far, our house was two miles away and I was only four years old. I started to walk down Highway 115. Everyone was looking at me. A group of people stopped and asked me who I was. Scared more than ever, I started to run away. I did not know who they were. My parents had taught me not to talk to strangers. Besides, I thought I was doing fine by myself. I did not need any help. I did not know I was still more than a mile from home! As I kept walking down the road, I saw a car coming toward me. I knew the person would slow down and look at me. The man in the car slowed down. Then, he turned his car around, came up behind me, and stopped. I was scared! The man got out of his car and walked up to me. I did not know him and did not know what he might do to me. The man looked down and asked, "What are you doing out on this street by yourself?" I told him why I had left the store and was walking home. The man decided he was going to take me home in his car. NO THANKS! He grabbed my arm, picked me up, and put me in his car. I was so afraid he was going to hurt me. I kicked, yelled, and cried. Finally, the man calmed me down and told me he was a preacher and was just going to take me home. He drove me straight home. This man knew where I was and that I needed help. He knew I would not make it myself. He knew I needed him to come to where I was and rescue me. He took me to where I wanted to be, safe with my family. God did the same thing about 2000 years ago. He knew all about your sin and that you are headed for eternal punishment for your sins. He knew you needed Him to save you. You can trust Him for salvation because, "This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners" (1 Timothy 1:15).
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Shelly McKenna
