Salt, sheep, coin, son

After Luke 15

We must be salt,

salt with taste,

salt that’s used.

We must seek

the lost sheep, not

the 99 unlost. 

We must search

for the lost coin, not

the coin unlost.

We must celebrate

the lost son returning, not

the one who never left.

The measure is

different for men.

Once, we need to be salted.

Once, we were s sheep, lost.

Once, we were a coin, missing.

One, we were a son, prodigal.

Photograph by Andrew Neel via Unsplash. Used with permission.