dec 13

Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, "Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep." I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over the ninety-nine righteous persons who do note need to repent.

luke 15:3-7

I'm not a shepherd. But I love the way Jesus talks as if all shepherds would leave 99 sheep to the hills for the sake of 1. I don't talk that way. I don't live that way. Thanks be to God we have a Savior who does.