Object:
a toy lamb or any sheep-shepherd device: a sheep on your
bulletin cover, on your church window, or if your church name
includes the words Good Shepherd
Good morning, boys and girls. Have any of you ever been lost?
Were you scared? (Let them answer.) I imagine that if you were
lost your parents stopped whatever they were doing to search for
you. They didn't stop searching until they found you. I want to
tell you a story this morning about a little boy your age who was
lost. The boy went with his parents to the shopping mall. As the
family went from one store to another, there was a mix-up. The
boy's father thought the boy was with his mother. The boy's
mother thought the boy was with his father. The boy was with
