Lost and Found

Eleven-year-old Brennan Hawkins was LOST.  He was last seen on Friday, 
June 17, 2005 at a Boy Scout Camp in rugged northeast Utah. A climbing wall supervisor said he had seen Hawkins removing his climbing gear, but the boy 
failed to show up for dinner an hour later.

An intensive search began involving as many as 3,000 volunteers.  Searchers set 
out on foot, on horseback and all-terrain vehicles to find Hawkins. Authorities feared Brennan might have fallen into the fast-running Bear River . The searchers scoured 
the area, searching both mountains and rivers.

Four days later, Brennan Hawkins was FOUND.  Two volunteer searchers came across the boy around noon (3 p.m. ET) about 1.5 miles south of Lily Lake , approx.  five miles from the Boy Scout Camp.  Hawkins was found alive and “in remarkably 
good shape, given the ordeal he’s been through,”  said Dr. Edward Clark, medical director of Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City.

“We are absolutely thrilled with the outcome of this,”  said his uncle, Bob Hawkins. "This is the GREATEST outcome we could expect."

Jody Hawkins, Brennan’s mother, said, “We're here to unequivocally tell you that Heaven is NOT closed, prayers ARE answered, and children DO come home.”

We rejoice with the Dawkins family and our gratitude is extended to those thousands 
of searchers who gave of their time and effort to find Brennan Dawkins.  We are thankful to God for a happy ending to this ordeal!

Brennan’s experiences teach us some things about our OWN condition…

Because of our sin, YOU and I are LOST, in desperate need of salvation (Romans 6:23).  But because of His great love for us, God sent His Son to our rescue.  Jesus said, "For the Son of Man has come to SEEK and to SAVE that which was LOST" (Luke 19:10).  Through His death on the cross, Jesus “blazed a trail”  for US 
to find OUR way home to God.  Jesus said, “I AM the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE. NO ONE- comes to the Father except through ME” (John 14:6).  The way home is through Christ: believing in Him (Acts 16:30-31), turning from sin to Him in repentance (Acts 17:30-31) confessing Him before men (1 Timothy 6:12), and being baptized (immersed) into Christ for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38; Galatians 3:26-37). 

THEN... as -HIS-  children, we must continue to follow Christ through this life until 
we reach OUR heavenly home (Rev 2:10).

Yes, Mrs. Hawkins, thanks be to God that through His Son, Jesus Christ......
Heaven is NOT closed, prayers ARE answered and -HIS- children DO come home!

God bless you!

David A. Sargent, Minister 

Church of Christ at Creekwood 
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama  36695

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