Read Matthew 25:14-30 with your family.

All of the stories Jesus told had exaggerations in them to make people listen for the meaning of the story.

Today’s story talks about giving money and investing it, but it really wasn’t about the money. The way we can know that is because the money amounts were so big they were beyond understanding. In today’s dollar amounts the first servant would have been given close to 20 million dollars!

So, knowing it was an exaggeration we can now start to figure out what Jesus was really talking about.

We know God has given us many gifts, including love, kindness, and thinking. Jesus has also told us we are supposed to help make God’s world of inclusion and abundance available to everyone, and share those gifts with everyone we meet.

If we share that message and share God’s gifts, we will feel like we get even more love, kindness and deep thoughts back.

But if we don’t share that message or live God’s love, no one will find out how good life could be.