A couple of things to note about this parable. First, if the woman needs to light a lamp, the house has no windows. Second, these 'houses' are about the size of your small living room. Third, those silver coins were probably her dowry, her personal wealth.
She searches in every nook and cranny of the house, sweeping through the dirt of the floor until the coin reveals itself. Perhaps the silver catches a bit of the lamplight and it gleams in the darkness. Perhaps she steps on it in her sweeping and she can feel it under her feet. Not matter what, she doesn't give up.
Because she certainly could give up. It's a small house, and the coin isn't going anywhere. She doesn't get a lot of visitors so the coin is probably fairly secure. But that's not the point. The point is this: once there were 10 and now there are only 9 and every single on of those coins is critical to her.
In these parables in Luke, Jesus is trying to paint a picture for us of the powerful and everlasting Divine Love - a love that will not let us go, that will not forget about our existence, who will diligently search and sweep until we gleem like that silver coin in the light of the lamp.
This is God. You can't out love God. You can't out give God. You can't run so far away that God cannot and will not call you back home again.....because all is not well unless all are well.
It is good to be reminded of how much God loves us. It is a love that is strong enough to bring us to resurrection once again.
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