5/3/20: 4th Sunday of Easter: The Shepherd Who Searches for You

On this 'Good Shepherd' Sunday we are invited to meditate on Jesus the Good Shepherd, and I am brought immediately to the parable that Jesus tells about the shepherd who has a hundred sheep and who is willing to leave the other ninety-nine if one gets lost. This says much about the heart of the Good Shepherd -- that he doesn't need to analyze the risks involved before going out to seek and save the lost one but does it without hesitation. What if we to see our own lives with God in this way -- not so much our seeking for Him, but His seeking for us! Then we would realize that living the Christian life is not about our struggle to find God but about allowing ourselves to be found by Him.