Matthew 18:12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that is straying?

It is a good leader who will stop the people and ask, “What do you think?” and not just to get a scripted response but to labour the point until an honest answer is given.

Livestock were a valuable commodity in these days, and continue to be a valued commodity nowadays; but shepherds would go out of their way to protect individual sheep to maintain their whole flock and not just the majority.

God looks out for every single one of us and not just the majority; He has a heart for you too!

John 3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

God allowed His Son to be born into this world in the same fashion as a normal man so we would understand His love for us.

He did not send His Son to trap us or catch us out in any way but to share His love with us in a way we would understand.

God did not disrespect His Son to make Him a human – He respected us all enough to allow His Son to become human!

Always look to God to see the goodness and the hope He has shared with us. It is because of His love that we are here and continue to share this world – share it with love!

Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

We may read something like this and wonder how we are ever going to see God – but it is not the be all and end all statement like some may think!

We have enough in our bibles to tell us how Christ has died so He can make us pure; so long as we continue to be caught up in our own obsessions and leave God out of things, we are walking away from Him.

But if we are willing to accept Christ as being a part of our lives at all times, then we are going to be called by Him.

When He calls us, He will change our hearts to be more like His so we can expect to see Him forever one day!