But the good news—I’d wager to say the great news—for me and for all of us in the dizzying light of these parables is that God spares no expense to find us in our lostness. He meets us in all our meanderings—seventy times seven. When we foolishly wander off, he comes after us, picks us up, puts us over his shoulders, and carries us home—every time! No matter how far you run, or how stubborn your roaming may be, he will never stop coming for you with infinite amounts of grace at the ready and forgiveness on the house. His pursuant love is mugging in nature. And he doesn’t chide us for getting
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