During Nehemiah’s rebuilding of Jerusalem, Scripture highlights a gate, the Sheep Gate, and the names connected to it.

“Then Eliashib the high priest rose up… and built the Sheep Gate.”
Nehemiah 3:1

Eliashib means “God restores.”

A few steps further:

“…as far as the Tower of the Hundred… then as far as the Tower of Hananel.”
Nehemiah 3:1

“The Hundred” recalls Jesus’ parable of the one lost sheep among a hundred (Luke 15:4).
And Hananel means “the grace of God.”

Put them together and a message emerges:

God restores
the one who is lost
into His grace.

This is the heart behind John 5: the man at Bethesda who had no strength left.
No one helped him.
No one noticed him.

But Jesus did.

He doesn’t count crowds; He counts individuals.
He leaves the ninety-nine to pursue the one.

And when He finds you, He doesn’t drag you back.
He carries you home on His shoulders, the place of strength.

Your life is not random.
Your wandering isn’t wasted.
God planned your restoration long before you saw it coming.

The Shepherd has a long memory and a longer reach.
And He knows exactly where to find you.