God's Lost and Found

I have been reading for the last few months Paradise Lost by J. Milton.  Milton keeps coming up all over the place, every where I look.  Finally, I came across an article in World Magazine saying that it is Milton's 400th Birthday year.  As I saw the title again this morning, Paradise Lost and Regained on the cover of my Tabletalk (RC Sproul's devotional), it jumped out at me what a pattern that is in all of our lives.  I know you are probably saying to yourself, "yea, duh."  Well, sometimes the mundane, everyday, simple stuff is harder for me to grasp than the esoteric, ethereal, philosophical is, which sometimes is no good to anyone.  It dawned on me that about everything in life is lost and then found.  Lost and Found, I was many years ago now.  Lost and found are the many character (or should I say lack of character) qualities I have lost and found over the years.  I lose a tiny bit of self-centeredness and find joy in giving.  I lose my way, and find out God's way is much better.  I lose my "jobs" and find that I am loved for who I am not for what I do.  I lose things that I just cannot live without and find things of eternal value instead.  I lose peace in the world, and find contentment in Christ alone.  I lose myself, and find eternal life.  Death vs. life, who would choose anything different?  

To Him who gives me the grace to choose life......................Lynn