Lost Boy
The knock at the door and the yelling from outdoors happened
simultaneously. At the door was a man questioning my husband if he was missing a
child. The voice outside was shouting, “Is anyone missing a two year old?”
Until that moment no one seemed to know that little Griffin
was lost, not even him.
Here’s how it happened. We were all together in the condo
next door when Tommy and children all left while the women continued talking. I
thought nothing about it, because an adult was with the kids. What I didn’t
know is that Molly and Griffin got on the elevator to go to their room, while
Grumps and Will went next door to watch TV.
After about 30 minutes of peace and quite, I did begin to
wonder if everything was all right. The mother’s intuition was confirmed when
Tommy raced by the door and asked if we knew that Griffin was in the lobby. That’s
when the scurrying began.
Margaret had heard from her condo the voice calling out. Her
heart stopped because at the same time she heard Griffin’s voice.
It appears that Molly and Griffin went to the first floor
via the elevator. Tommy watched Molly go into the condo, but didn’t know that Griffin
stayed in the foyer playing for a while, until he decided to ride on the
elevator again this time going to the garage level.
Fortunately the doors exiting the building were too tall for
him to reach the handles, so he just hung out there happily until a group of adults
arrived and opened the door. That gave him the opening he was looking for and
he raced out the door in hopes of going to the nearby park.
The responsible adults corralled him in the garage trying to
devise a plan. Griffin, still not realizing that he was lost or in danger,
walked over to our car giving the rescuers just what they needed…our condo
number which was in the windshield of the car.
That’s when one of the men knocked on the door and informed
my husband of the missing child; his wife was outside shouting in hopes of
alerting someone of her find.
Fortunately the potentially dangerous situation ended well.
Griffin was just like many people…they don’t know that they
are lost, unsaved and apart from Christ. The people around may not know that
their loved one is lost because they may make assumptions, be distracted or even
unaware themselves. Thank God that just as there were caring people around to
make sure that Griffin was safe, in life it sometimes takes strangers to help
the lost come to find the safety and security of Jesus and His salvation.
Lord, help me to be one who helps the lost to be found.
Luke 15:32 But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this
brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been
found.
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