A lady in Worcestershire, England, had a cat named Smokey. One day in 1965 Smokey disappeared, and the lady gave him up for lost.
Then one day in March, 1971, who should show up on the lady’s doorstep but old Smokey! He gladly drank a dish of milk, and then curled up on his favorite chair as if nothing had happened. Six years had gone by, but there was Smokey — home again!
What a long time for a cat to stray away! Yet how often young folks, and grown up folks too, wander away from Jesus the Good Shepherd and are gone for years sometimes. Perhaps they didn’t like the restraint of a Christian home, they wanted a taste of the world, or perhaps if they were never saved, they did not want the Lord Jesus as their Saviour. But the Good Shepherd follows each lost one, and how wonderful it is when He finds that lost sheep or lamb and brings it back to Himself.
Have you strayed away from the Lord, dear young reader? He is seeking you and longing to bring you home to Himself. May He be able to say of you, “Rejoice with Me; for I have found My sheep which was lost.”
ML-07/31/1977