Yesterday’s Lessons for Today’s People
Read Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 with your family. Jesus loved to tell stories about ordinary things. Seeds. Bread. Treasure. Pearls. Fishing nets. Everyone listening knew what those things were like, so they could imagine the story in their minds. Then Jesus would surprise them by saying, “God’s kingdom is like that.” Sometimes God’s kingdom begins with something…
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Few phrases are offered with better intentions – or land with less comfort – than, “Everything happens for a reason.” Most people who say it are trying to ease someone else’s pain. They want to reassure a grieving parent, a friend facing a diagnosis, or someone whose life has just fallen apart. I understand the impulse. Silence…
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