Poor Wimpy was lost! He had followed little Janie home from school.
She had petted him and seemed so friendly. However, mother had different thoughts. She did not want Wimpy. When Janie brought the little stray dog into the kitchen, Mother’s first act was to seize the broom and sweep the homeless pup out the back door and send him scrambling down the steps.
Poor little Wimpy found shelter in the old woodshed where he sat cold and miserable. He did not know that in the meantime four little children to whom he belonged were searching for him and crying because he did not come home.
That evening little Janie told her Daddy about the little stray dog that had followed her home. Daddy had a tender heart and wondered what they could do about Wimpy. That night as he read the newspaper he suddenly paused and asked Janie, “Is that little dog black and white?”
“Yes,” replied his little girl.
“It says here in the ‘Lost and Found’ columns that someone has lost a little black and white dog named Wimpy. Let’s go and see if he answers to that name.”
“Wimpy!” called little Janie.
Out dashed Wimpy from the old shed, and soon he was in the arms of the little girl. A short time later, after a car ride, Wimpy found himself back home again with the four little children he knew and loved. He was wagging his tail excitedly, and they were laughing and crying all at once!
We find in the Bible the words “lost” and “found.” God speaks of boys and girls and older people too who are unsaved, as “lost.” Those who have come to the Saviour he calls “found.”
What are you, dear young reader lost or found? The Lord Jesus came “to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10). Receive Him as your Saviour and you will no longer be “lost,” but “found!”
“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” Isa. 53:6.
“Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.” Luke 15:6.
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