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The pleasure of finding a drachma

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[Luke 15:10]

In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God

over one sinner who repents."

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Everywhere Jesus went, people were overflowing.

Jesus gave the gospel of the kingdom of God

through the story so that people could understand it.

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Today, Jesus told a story of a woman with ten drachmas.

The drachma is one of the coins used in Judea where Jesus lived.

The value of a drachma was the amount of work a worker would receive

when he or she worked one day.

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There are a couple of explanations for the 10 drachmas at the time.

First, there was a custom that the bridegroom gave the bride the gift of love to the bride at the time of marriage.

The bride, who received the groom's 10 drachmas, tied this to a line and put it on her head.

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In other cases, it would have been the amount needed to get married.

Finally, it may have been the savings they had collected for the emergency of their families.

Whatever it was, it was money that had a significant meaning.

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By the way, one day a woman found that one of her ten drachmas was lacking.

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The woman repeatedly counted several times. But there were only nine drachmas.

Lost a precious drachma.

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This woman began her effort to find one drachma who had been lost since.

First of all, she lighted the light of the whole house. If it is dark, it cannot be found.

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And she took a broom. She began to look for a drachma with a broom,

sweeping all over the place.

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She went looking for her where she went today.

She looked around the bed and looked around the closet.

But she did not see one of her lost drachma.

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But she could never give up looking for a drachma.

She walked every corner of the house and looked twice at the same place again.

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After a long time, she finally found a lost drachma.

This woman was glad as if she had obtained the world.

She was so delighted to kiss the drama she found.

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This woman has invited her neighbors to her home to share this joy.

This woman has told her story.

Neighbors who listened to the story of this woman also rejoiced.

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Jesus explained this to people after he had finished this story.

Jesus told people that this woman found the lost drachma as a soul that had just left God and repented again.

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She shared joy with her neighbors after she found a lost drachma.

Thus, Jesus said, When a man comes to repent and return to God,

angels gather in the kingdom of heaven and rejoice greatly.

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Today, Jesus says that we, who believe in Jesus, must act like this woman.

Just as this woman has sought diligently a lost drachma, we must find friends

who have left God.

When a friend repents again and comes back to Jesus,

Jesus is pleased and glorified in the kingdom of heaven.

From this day on, you must be children

who seek the help of the Holy Spirit so that your friends

who have left Jesus will be able to return to Jesus.

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