HTTP 404

Anyone who spends much time at all on the Internet is bound to eventually stumble across the dreaded "404 error." A 404 error page is what you see when you try to browse a page that does not exist anymore (or never did exist). A link may be broken, a page may have been moved - someone might just be trying to be funny - who knows? While many dot-coms try to make the pain of landing on a 404 error page more bearable by putting a cute spin on being lost (here are some examples) - you are still "lost" and have to find your way back. Besides, you wouldn't have clicked a link or typed in a URL unless you really wanted to go there to begin with, right?

Let's face it, no one likes being lost, or worse, being led astray. No one really likes going off into the never-never land of HTTP 404.

I'll wager some of you reading this post have been feeling a bit 404-ish lately. Lot's of things can do it - not getting enough rest, eating wrong, too much time at the office (or worse, no job to go to in the first place). Even normally "good things" like relatives and holidays, for instance, can send you into 404 land - you get the picture.

I will probably be accused of oversimplifying here, but I honestly believe the answer to the 404 error is found in the spiritual realm, no matter what the cause. After all, wasn't it Jesus who said he came to "seek and save those who are lost?" (see Luke 19:10). It's like the old hymn says, "Rescue the perishing, care for the dying, snatch them in pity from sin and the grave; weep o'er the erring one, lift up the fallen, tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save." I believe what that old song says.

Let's face it, many of us have a boatload of problems right now. Cancer or some other disease, no job, broken relationships, foreclosures, the stock market is tanking (the Dow plummeted over 1100 points the last two sessions alone). What are we going to do? Turn to Jesus. He's the answer no matter what the question. Friend, I don't know what you are facing today, but I know Someone who does. Talk with Him today; he'll get you where you need to go.