¹² A shepherd in charge of 100 sheep notices that one of his sheep has gone astray. What do you think he should do? Should the shepherd leave the flock on the hills unguarded to search for the lost sheep? God’s shepherd goes to look for that one lost sheep, ¹³ and when he finds her, he is happier about her return than he is about the 99 who stayed put. ¹⁴ Your Father in heaven does not want a single one of the tripped, waylaid, stumbling little ones to be lost.