This parable will help us understand what it feels like to be lost and how God responds to that feeling by always trying to bring us home.
God doesn’t want us to feel like we have to conform in order to be accepted, and wants to help us become strong enough to stand for what we believe and who we are.
A courageous person is someone who isn’t shaken by circumstances, may experience fear but doesn’t live in it, and is secure and strong no matter what. Does this describe you?
With insecurity, God never responds with criticism. He responds with a purpose to live for something beyond themselves.