{"id":9119,"date":"2022-06-04T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=9119"},"modified":"2022-05-26T14:25:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T18:25:02","slug":"gods-lost-and-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/gods-lost-and-found\/","title":{"rendered":"God&#8217;s Lost and Found!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"God\u2019s Lost and Found! 6\/04\/22\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=h3tgn-1236841-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=7\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Everyone has lost something at one time or another.<\/strong>\u00a0 There is even a website now at\u00a0<strong><em>www:lostandfound.com<\/em><\/strong>  that acts as a global\u00a0<em>\u2018lost and found&#8217;<\/em> box.\u00a0 Users can report items missing and users can report items found.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a good example of how technology can help people connect in a useful way.&nbsp;This is a gateway site for all of the physical things that can be retrieved and returned to their rightful owners.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to their statistics, about twice as many objects have been reported lost as have been reported found in the U.S.&nbsp; So, the site&#8217;s users are losing things at twice the rate they are finding them.&nbsp;A few years ago I lost my laptop computer at the airport in Budapest, Hungary. After two months I fortunately got it back!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Haven&#8217;t we all had the experience of losing things that we know deep down we will never recover?<\/strong>&nbsp;Depending on the situation, we can feel disappointed, heartbroken, hopeless, or simply discouraged by our own inability to keep up with things.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Isn&#8217;t it a wonderful relief to know that we ourselves will never fall into the \u2018Lost Forever&#8217; category?&nbsp; Isn&#8217;t it reassuring to know that God will never give up on us?&nbsp; Let us include a word of thanks in our prayers this week to acknowledge how grateful we are for that kind of gracious love that only God the Father can bestow on us.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SOME OF THE GREATEST SAINTS WERE ONCE LOST, EVEN FOR A LONG TIME\u2026.AND THEN WERE FOUND.<\/strong>  <strong>&#8220;Things take the time they take. Don&#8217;t worry. 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