Jesus told a string of parables or stories to group of people containing obviously lost people and those who didn’t think they were lost. The Parable of the Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, and the Lost Son. In them, we learn how God recklessly searches for those who have intentionally strayed or have simply mistakenly taken a wrong path in life. But what about those times when we have spent all we have or tried every avenue but still haven’t been about bring about the resolution we hoped for? The Wisdom Teacher of Ecclesiastes tells us that there is a time to search and time to give up. And the Holy Spirit gives us the wisdom to know the difference.