You know you’re a senior adult when that becomes the #1 question you ask yourself at least once a week.

Do you feel like you spend a measurable portion of your life looking for stuff?

Most of the things I misplace are eventually found, but I have forever lost some hats and umbrellas--things easily replaced.

What is the most valuable thing you lost and never found?

I lost my wedding ring while planting a yard full of shrubbery in my 2nd year of marriage.

What is the most valuable thing you lost that was later found?

I lost my wallet one time, and it was found by someone who returned it totally intact.

Did you ever have a friend who lost something valuable and then it was found?

How did that make you feel?

Do you know the real joy of being happy for a blessing in someone else’s life?

My 93-year-old father-in-law lost a very expensive diamond ring he had worn for many years.

Last year when replacing his old dish-washer, the installer found his ring on the floor.

He lost it about 15 years ago.

He was so elated, and I really enjoyed sharing in his happiness.

It reminded me of the parable of the lost coin in Luke 15 of the Bible.

A woman (probably a senior adult) had 10 silver coins and lost 1.

After turning the house upside down she found it and invited the neighbors to celebrate with her.

Jesus said, “In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

All of life is really about losing stuff and finding stuff.

We lose our innocence by sinning.

We find our innocence again through repentance.

We lose our sense of worth when we become debilitated.

We discover how much we are worth when we know Christ died in our place.

Don’t let the most important things in life be forever lost.

I hope you can truly sing, “I once was lost, but now I’m found!”

Next week: Loneliness and isolation

Dan Williams is the senior adult pastor at Lexington Baptist Church.