...For Those Lost Sheep

Oh God, to die and meet You then

When every lie professed by men

Is laid bare at the judgement bar

Oh God, to reckon Who You are

After the Day of grace is spent

And it is too late to repent

Where choice has sealed our destiny

For this, oh God; eternity

Should cause we who believe to weep

And pray and pray for those lost sheep

© Janet Martin

She is an atheist, my son said sadly.

The thought of it makes me want to scream and weep and wail, I say.

Me too, said Matt.

Then we must pray and pray! I urge,

Because we are not talking about any old thing here,

We’re talking about eternity;

That on

And on

And on

And on

And on

….Place.

 The Parable of the Lost Sheep
…"For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost. "What do you think? If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go and search for the one that is straying? "If it turns out that he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.…Matt.18:11-13