i hate losing things. hate it.
i am the person who loves pithy sayings like “everything has a place” and “if you use it, put it back where you found it” …. these sort of sayings affirm my genius. 
of course, i’m human, like everyone, and misplace things. but when i do i go into frantic/obsessive mode. where could it have gone? where was i when i last used it? what have my steps been since then?
and most times its over things that are quite silly to be bothered by…. but alas. its what i do.
today while reading this thought hit me: have i ever considered that from God’s perspective He is just waiting to give back all that was originally mine and is now lost? and that life with Him could be similar to a treasure hunt? not that we are “hunting” for Him, we were the ones that were lost and now we’re found. rather as we go through each day, that which was originally intended for our lives is slowly but surely being restored as we seek to follow Him.
He alone knows how much was compromised and left in the fallout of the Eden disaster. He, also, is the only one who knows what belongs to who, who needs what and when we need it back. for some reason my mind is playing around with this thought that there’s this whole list of stuff that was part of Cindy Fjell’s life that got jettisoned when Adam and Eve made their abrupt departure… and the Lord is just waiting to give it all back.
an awareness of love, peace, hope, joy, fullness in personality and giftings, strengths, promises, purpose, intimacy with Him…
so its not a process of being “fixed” … rather a growing that allows me to be able to receive these “lost items” at the precise time when i recognize the value of what was lost and how great it is that its been found! the longer I walk with him the more I encounter these items… like coming up on a box of things from my childhood and a nostalgic remembering of the way it was.
but this goes beyond childhood into something deeper. deeper because with each revealing of something I’ve lost, there is a profound understanding of being found in Him.
just a thought.
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