One of my favourite programmes on the telly of late has been Long Lost Family. Its a show where people are reunited - often adopted children with their birth parents, sometimes siblings who didnt know each other existed. It is always interesting and emotional to watch because the stories are about real people's lives and the reunions are always so highly charged. Sometimes people have
been looking for each other for decades. They have searched endless records and come to dead ends over and over again. But with the huge resources of a television channel behind them and the research facilities at their disposal, ITV can manage to find people that private individuals cant.
Tonight Im watching it again. It's one Ive seen before but it seems just as powerful the second time round. And it got me to wondering what it is which makes it such good television.
I suppose the bottom line is that we can all identify with being lost. Somewhere deep down we all have a sense that something vital is missing. Our identity is incomplete. Even if we have lived in beautiful families and have felt hugely loved and have lived charmed lives, we can still ache inside when we are presented with a narrative about being lost and found. Because fundamentally we are all like those children who have been brought up by adoptive parents. God is our real father. He has given us over for a short time to be brought up in families. But we have always been His and we are destined to be reuinted with Him in a heavenly homecoming one day. As we look forward to celebrating Easter very soon we remember that Jesus came looking for us, leaving His home and His Father to walk this Earth and buy us back from the slavery of sin. He is our brother and He is going to present us to His father and ours in a huge reunion party at the end of the age. What a party that will be! Can't wait!
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