repent.What woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one, will not light a lamp, and sweep the house in a thorough search, till she finds the lost coin? And finding it, she will call her friends and neighbors, and say, ‘Celebrate with me, for I have found the silver coin I lost!’ I tell you, in the same way, there is rejoicing among the angels of God over one repentant sinner.”

Reflections

“There is rejoicing among the angels of God over one repentant sinner.”I  tell  those  who  are  really close to me that my conversion point  came  through  a  song.  It was in one of those Life in the Spirit Seminars (LSS) which I at- tended that I heard the song for the first time. I always thought that God has given up on me, but this song gave me refreshing assurances. It drained my heart and eyes of tears and made me realize  how  much  I  am  loved despite  my  sinfulness.  Here  is the chorus of this song, entitled Stubborn  Love,  by  Kathy  Troc- coli: It’s your stubborn love that never lets go of me. I don’t under- stand how you can stay. Perfect love, embracing the worst in me. How I long for your stubborn love. The fact is that my sinfulness has  driven  me  far  away  from God. It was not his fault; It was my  doing.  Meanwhile,  he  was there all the time, refusing to let go and waiting for me to recog- nize he was never away. What a stubborn, perfect love. It doesn’t give  up  and  it  patiently  waits. I am just blessed that I did not realize it too late.
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