mhh naw well church has become more like my family....& reading the bible is like getting to know God......like reading the letters of your 'best friend' ..phew I know I'm sometimes judging people (not really because of that though)....well 'even' Christians aren't perfect you know
oh my translation of that passage goes like this (its a German one actually..)
Jesus was again using a parable (picture) to explain it [he was talking to uhh some people like thieves & stuff which was pretty offensive to the 'pharisees'.. very 'religious' people]
to them :
If you have a hundred sheep and one of them runs away, won't you leave the 99 other ones ..um yeah something like in the wilderness,
to look for the lost one till you find it ?
You happily carry it home on your shoulders and tell/ shout to your parents and neighbours: Come be happy with me/ rejoice with me, I've found my sheep !
In heaven ..ya know God & the angels
will be happy/ rejoice like this
because of one sinner who turns to God, more than becuase of 99 other ones who don't need to repent.