Finding what is lost

I don't make a habit of losing things but recently I lost my wallet/diary. It was a small thing but a big bother for apart from cash it included credit cards, driver's licence etc. I searched high and low retraced my steps to shops I had visited and so on. Then, when I got up the next morning it literally dropped at my feet! An answer to prayer, certainly! How it happened, another story.
Retrieving something we have lost is an enormous relief and may not always refer to material things. Recovering peace of mind or a clear conscience may take an enormous load off our shoulders and there too may involve both seeking and praying.

For this cause

During the civil war in China a communist was about to be executed by nationalist forces. He managed to tear the bandage from his eyes and, before his body was riddled with bullets, he shouted, "I'm dying for an ideal. What are you living for?" His words should certainly challenge us all. Some live to make money or further a career but have nothing that could be called a cause.
On trial before Pontius Pilate Jesus said, For this cause I was born and for this cause I have come into the world that I should bear witness to the truth" (John 18.37 NKJV)
I believe that our destiny is to make the cause of Jesus Christ our own. That will invest our lives with the meaning and significance it must otherwise lack.