Warning! Flying objects!

Sinners are the arrows that missed the target. Literally, sin was a word used for missing the target in archery. I heard this from a friend once and for some reason I thought about this for awhile today. When you hit the target the location of where that arrow is becomes apparent. When you miss it may seem the arrow is lost. The LOST arrow is only that if the archer only picks up the arrows that hit the target. The arrows that missed aren't lost they are just harder to find and bring back in. So if you equate the arrows to people, the arrows that hit their target to the saved or followers of Christ and the missed arrows to sinners, you can understand the analogy. Most Christians only take the arrows out of the target and forget about the ones that missed, or they only want to talk to and lead other Christians to the target/Christ. My question is "why?" I've done this myself not wanting to talk to people that don't know Christ because I'm afraid what they may think or it may offend them. What ever the reason, it's not a good one. Jesus said He came to seek and save the LOST. He knows where those arrows that hit the target are. Now He wants the lost to be found. If you spent time carefully carving and shaping a large number of arrows would you want those arrows back no matter how hard or how long it took? The same goes for God, He wants us back, whether we hit the target or not, and he will pursue us until we are found. Obviously we are not really arrows so we don't just sit and wait, we will eventually die and meet judgement, so if we are not ready to surrender our lives to the one and only God we may eternally be lost. God Bless: Joe