A lot of the problems we get into in life come because we are searching for love—often in all the wrong places.
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.
Even when we make mistakes and hurt God, he still sticks with us because he loves us. Nothing we do can drive him away.
With insecurity, God never responds with criticism. He responds with a purpose to live for something beyond themselves.