It never fails - that one particular thing that you are looking for is the one thing that you can't find. The receipt that you need to make a return at the store seems to have vanished. You can find the receipts for every cup of coffee and every candy bar you've purchased for the last six months, but simply can't find the one receipt you need. Aunt Mary is coming for a visit this weekend and you want to use the serving platter she gave you as a wedding gift 25 years ago. Eventhough you can find two dozen other serving dishes in the back of your cabinet, including three disposable ones left-over from a barbeque last summer, you just can't find the special you that you are sure you saved for just this occasion. And when what we've lost is of real value, such as money or an important document, we set all our other tasks aside to search out what we've lost.
Our desire to have the things we think we've lost will compel us to go after them, to search diligently, and to pursue those things u
