The story, as Jesus tells it
He had a hundred sheep, and one was gone. Most people would call that good enough. He didn't. Come see what he did.
I told them about a shepherd. He left the ninety nine. He climbed the cliffs at night. He found the one that wandered. He carried it home, laughing.
Nobody is just a number to God. You are worth the climb. Have you ever felt like the one who wandered?
A verse to hold on to
“What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.”
Luke 15:4 to 6 (KJV)