This is one of my favorite verses, Matthew 18:12-14, which reads:

“What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.”

So I wrote this song for the one that wandered off. I hope you like it, and that if there is a lost one somewhere that hears this, I pray you return to the fold…

If You Are The One

by T. Heller

Lyrics

Some don’t know where they belong, while others ran from home.
Some seek for answers still but they get used to moving on.
No matter where you turn, you have to pay the cost.
You’re running in the dark and you know that you are lost.
Jesus told us long ago about the shepherd and his flock.
Ninety-nine safe on the hill but one has wandered off.
The shepherd cannot rest until he finds his wayward stray.
In the same way God awaits for those who’ve lost their way.
If you are the one feeling lost and all alone,
Looking for your way, no place to call your own
Return now to the fold, it never is too late.
The Shepherd calls you still…
if you are the one.

You think no one really knows you, but Jesus knows your heart.
He’ll reside there if you ask Him and lead you through the dark.
He’s waiting for you still, He’ll never give you up.
The Shepherd, He still grieves for the one who wandered off.
If you are the one feeling lost and all alone,
Looking for your way, no place to call your own
Return now to the fold, it never is too late
The Shepherd calls you still…
if you are the one.

 (©T. Heller, 2020)