Issue 1609 – Found – November 22, 2024

Last night, the Corbin household celebrated the safe return of Mutima, the Bernese Mountain Dog.

We were pet-sitting for our son and his family last weekend. On Friday night, we put the pets to bed, but when we awoke on Saturday, Mutima was missing. Our hearts sank as frantic searching revealed no clues.

The search eventually expanded. His absence was posted on social media, and one neighborhood social media site said it was the most commented-on post in years.

Hundreds of posters were put up. Neighborhoods were canvassed door to door, and more people than I can count donated hours searching for her. Every dog walker and jogger in the area was keeping their eyes open. People searched the parks and woods with thermal imaging gear and drones. Hundreds of people were praying.

Several times, she was spotted alive and well, then disappeared again. The outpouring of support from friends, family, and even random strangers was heartwarming.

Last night, she was spotted holed up in a little den in the woods on the side of a nearby mountain and safely returned home. We are glad to see the end of a long-feeling ordeal.

It got me thinking of the faithfulness of God.

Jesus said,

“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” Luke 19:10

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. Luke 15:1-7

God scours the highways and byways, the fields, forests and hedgerows, mountain tops, and valleys in search of the lost. His eye sees places no human eye could ever see, and He calls the lost faithfully.

No search in the world can ever compare to God’s desire to bring us to salvation.

When one of us comes to Him, all heaven rejoices.

I am so glad that Mutima was returned safe and sound, but I will eternally rejoice and be grateful for the Lord’s faithfulness.

Praise His unwaveringly faithful name.

Hallelu Yah / Praise God 

Kevin

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