Lost and Found

When something is lost, is it really lost or just misplaced?   I was thinking about "LOST" things today and also about the JOY that comes to us when the item is "FOUND".

• I have been known to say, "I have LOST my keys", which is really not true as I have just misplaced them and it is just can't remember where they are.
• Over the years I have "LOST" weight - actually I think that I have just misplaced it because I always seem to find it again!
• Many of you think I have 'LOST" my mind, but fortunately it is still safely stored in my cranium.
• Like so may others American, my vote gets "LOST" in the politics of a nation.
• I would like to say that I have never been "LOST" while driving, but I am an honest person who now owns a GPS.
• My favorite is when I am "LOST" in a book, that is when I think I find myself the most.
• The worst is when a child is "LOST" whether that is physically, emotionally, mentally or spiritually.
• In my 50 years I have "LOST" contact with friends and that is sad on so many levels.\
• I have "LOST" a tooth only to find that it has been replaced by a new one, unlike someone who has "LOST" an arm or a leg.
• I have not "LOST" my husband, children or parents to death, but I  have "LOST" friends and other relatives.

As I was thinking of "LOST" things, I realised some of the most important things in life I have never "LOST"

• My faith, love and testimony in my Father in Heaven and His son, Jesus Christ
• My belief in my religion and respect for all things that are good.
• My love of service to others, especially my family and friends
• My talent to converse with  people, and even myself on occasion.
• My capacity to learn from life, even those things which are hard.
• My skill of  laughing at myself - even when I am crying.
• My gift of trying always to look at the big picture.
• My desire to improve each day, to be better then the day before.

When I have "LOST" something I usually experience "JOY" when said item is "FOUND".  My ability to find happiness over even the smallest of things, as finding my keys makes my heart skip a beat and I am thankful for the recovery of the lost item.  The same holds true when I have lost contact with a friend only to reconnect months, years or even decades later.  The "JOY" that I experience teaches me that their must be opposition in "ALL" things.  If I had never "LOST" anything I would not know the 'JOY" of having it be "FOUND".


In the eternal scheme of  this life, I am grateful that there is a "LOST and FOUND"