Lost & Found

One of the things in life that I think everyone experiences at least once or twice or daily :) is losing something of value, and then crawling around on your hands and knees both physically and mentally searching with a fine-toothed comb for it. "It" can be a set of keys, your wallet, purse, $100 bill, a checkbook, glasses, a special note, a phone number, your iphone, or something that's worth so much more. For the last 3 weeks mine has been my Vmoda Headphones. I know, it sounds so silly to blog about this. But since Spirit West Coast I have not been able to find these expensive headphones, and I hate to lose things. I mean, overall, with all of the little gadgets I have and all of the busy-ness going on with that event, and the post production I'm in the middle of with weddings, etc, I've done pretty well with not losing anything. But it still stinks when I let one fall through the cracks. It just happens, ya know?

Well, anyways, (figure out yet why my blog is called "Tangents"?), I tore apart both my car and truck multiple times, determined to find these bad boys. At least if they fell out of my pocket, I was hoping that someone who found them would actually be able to use them and enjoy them. Maybe someone who needed them more than me? (Oh my...Mike, they're headphones!) The point I'm desperately trying to get to here is that the utter and complete satisfaction of finding something you search for so long is overwhelming! Yes, I found them! Yayayay! On the floorboard of my truck almost under the pedals.They're in a small black pouch, okay? geesh!)

So, not to completely disappoint you with wasting your time about headphones, there really is a moral to this entry. It's found in the parable of the lost coin in that crazy great book called the bible. It affirms a fact that is so much more important than some stupid earphones...it's that Life is so much more than getting caught up in the little things in life, and that there is a fulfilling life to be lived (once people stop and think about it a little). The short but powerful verses: "Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Does she not light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.' In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents." Uh oh! That repent word. Relax my friends, all it means is to stop, turn and go the other way. I'm not gonna say much more than this: It is a wonderful thing to know that God cares for me that he'd come to find what was "lost". Remember that joy you have when you find something that was lost, and amplifly that by a "ka-gillian" times and then some...and that's what happens in heaven when we trust God. Cool beans, eh? I hope that's encouraging to you, and wish you a fantastic night!!!