Mardi Gras is a carnival held in some countries before Easter. Exotic costumes, dances, parties, alcoholic drinking gives an air of party time during carnival season. When you evaluate the season, it comes up empty. After the party is over, there is a sense of emptiness in many lives.
The parable of the Prodigal Son in the Bible has an amazing conclusion. They had a party and celebrated his return to the father. Similar, the parable of the lost sheep concludes with a cry for celebration for the lost sheep being found. There is always joy when that which was lost is found.
There is an urgency to find lost items, but the greatest urgency is to find lost people. When we do, there will be celebration in heaven. Recently I have been reconnecting with lost and distant friends. I am looking forward to a conversation which ended in 1963. That's right, 46 years ago, a friend and I parted as I came the the United States from Canada. An e-mail last week reconnected us. Have you taken the time to reconnect? Try it.
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