The Boni Bunch: Five Minute Friday: LOST

Friday, June 27, 2014

Five Minute Friday: LOST

Linking up with hundreds of other bloggers today for our weekly Five Minute Friday post! (Click that link to see what it's all about!!) Today we talk about the word "LOST" for five minutes of unscripted, unedited writing. Five minutes to share the first thing that comes to mind about the one word that Lisa Jo Baker gives to us... more than 200 bloggers posting about the same topic, yet having so many different things to share! It always amazes me how different the posts can be when all about the same topic!

So, here it goes!!

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I remember, when I was a child, the school always told us,

"If you are ever lost from your parents, stay right where you are,

don't go looking. Let them find you!"

So when I was 9 or 10 years old, my mom and I went with some family friends to Six Flags Over Texas, and I got lost!! I was SOOOOO scared. I remembered what I had learned at school, so I just sat down outside of one of the rides and waited for my mom to find me!! And she did! I was thrilled. I remember, still today after all these years, the sense of relief when my mom came around the corner looking for me! I was lost, but then I was found! I knew at that moment, that I was safe and everything would be okay!!

The same sense of relief happened when God came to me... where I was... LOST away from Him. That moment that I broke down and realized that I was lost without Him. He was right there... He brought me out of "LOST" and into "FOUND"! I was thrilled!! I was so relieved that I would never be alone again... He would be with me every step of the way from that moment on! I would be safe, and everything would be okay!

"Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound.
That saved a wretch like me.

I once was LOST, but now I'm found.

Was blind, but now I see!"

STOP

10 comments:

LisaJune 27, 2014 at 8:09 AM
Hi! I'm your neighbor over at FMF! I couldn't agree with you more concerning the sense of relief in being "found" by Him! I was never lost as a child in the sense you speak of, but what a great comparison you draw here. Truly, it IS amazing grace!!!
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Andee FlynnJune 27, 2014 at 8:24 AM
I love the comparison of being found in Him to that feeling wen you're lost as a kid and the relief to be found.So true! Beautiful post
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Jen WeaverJune 27, 2014 at 8:29 AM
It's amazing to be found! So glad to have found your post through FMF.
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Kaylene YoderJune 27, 2014 at 11:42 AM
Such a blessed feeling to be truely "FOUND"! Great post!
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Boni LadyJune 27, 2014 at 11:56 AM
Thank you! Glad you stopped by :-)
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NatashaJune 30, 2014 at 8:57 AM
That feeling of being "found" by Jesus is awesome!
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