A Glass 99% Full 

We often describe a positive person as saying that a glass is half full and a negative person as saying that a glass is half empty. It's the exact same quantity either way, 50%. What about a shepherd who has lost only one sheep from a flock of a hundred? Can we imagine a neighbor consoling him and encouraging him to forget all about the lost one? After all he still has 99 left. His glass is still 99% full. Yet, in Luke 15:4-7, Jesus seems to be saying to the whole world that as long as his glass is even just 1% empty it is not good enough. He will not be satisfied with anything less than 100% when it comes to his flock. We mount very expensive rescue operations to save just one person. All heaven is on a rescue mission to save us from death and destruction.