Read John 12:20-33 with your family.

The idea of ‘losing your life to find it’ is very confusing for adults as well as kids.

Jesus gave a different word picture – seeds. If you have a package of seeds sitting on the counter, nothing happens. However, if you take those seeds out of the package and plant them in soil, water them when they need it, soon a plant will grown. The part that happens underground is that the seed cracks open so the new plant can be made. If the seed doesn’t crack open, there won’t be a new plant.

People are like that too. If we keep all our love and happiness to ourselves, after a while we don’t really feel very happy or loved. But when we give our love and happiness to others, then we feel even more love and happiness. When we share what we have in the spirit of generosity, when we “crack open our hearts”, we feel wonderful.

God wants us to think about others more than we think about ourselves. That can be really hard especially if we are having a bad day. But even on bad days, we can be kind.