One day, Andrea received a...
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One day, Andrea received a call from someone she did not know. The person asked if she
had graduated from a Central High School in 1993. Andrea replied that she had but was
unsure why the caller asked. The caller said that she found a high school ring at the beach
with the initials A.S. engraved on it. Once home she contacted the high school hoping to
find the owner of the ring.
Andrea could hardly believe it -- someone had found her ring after all those years. She remembered well the week after graduation when a group of friends rented a house at the beach. They had been friends all through high school but by summer's end would scatter and no longer have the close contact they had with each other. Several would go out of state for college while others would stay closer to home. The girls realized that their lives would soon change and never be the same. They enjoyed their week together.
On the last day at the beach, Andrea realized that she had lost her ring. She spent most of the day looking for it. It was nowhere to be found. Before leaving for home she had made up "Lost Ring" flyers for businesses near where they were staying. At first she was hopeful that someone would find her ring and return it. By the time she said good-bye to her friends at the end of summer she realized that the ring was lost and probably would never be found.
Now, after all these years, someone had found her ring. Apparently, it had washed up on the beach. Andrea was so happy. She emailed all of her friends telling them the news.
There is much joy in finding what was lost. It is an unbelievable feeling. That same feeling is experienced every time one person turns to Jesus. "Just so, I tell you," Jesus said, "there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."
Andrea could hardly believe it -- someone had found her ring after all those years. She remembered well the week after graduation when a group of friends rented a house at the beach. They had been friends all through high school but by summer's end would scatter and no longer have the close contact they had with each other. Several would go out of state for college while others would stay closer to home. The girls realized that their lives would soon change and never be the same. They enjoyed their week together.
On the last day at the beach, Andrea realized that she had lost her ring. She spent most of the day looking for it. It was nowhere to be found. Before leaving for home she had made up "Lost Ring" flyers for businesses near where they were staying. At first she was hopeful that someone would find her ring and return it. By the time she said good-bye to her friends at the end of summer she realized that the ring was lost and probably would never be found.
Now, after all these years, someone had found her ring. Apparently, it had washed up on the beach. Andrea was so happy. She emailed all of her friends telling them the news.
There is much joy in finding what was lost. It is an unbelievable feeling. That same feeling is experienced every time one person turns to Jesus. "Just so, I tell you," Jesus said, "there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."
