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Dear Forever Family
Jesus told a number of stories to help people understand about God, and His kingdom, and sometimes to make people question. Here's a modern parable that Jesus might have told today to encourage us to work with God on building His kingdom.
The manager of a shop wanted to develop the shop further, and set up a second and even a third shop. The manager had a team and people who seemed interested in building the business.
Some of those people listened to the plans and said they liked them, but when it came to committing to them, they always had something else to do.
Some of the people would come into the shop and buy a few things,
and were happy to support the shop in that way, but they wouldn't do any more.
Some of the people stood around outside and talked a lot about the shop and what they wanted, but never actually got involved.
And some of the team helped the manager develop the business, to everyone's benefit.
The glory, wonder and grace of God's kingdom is that even those who don't know what it's all about can benefit, because our Father God is gracious and generous with His love, not wanting to lose a single person, and wanting to make us rich in all the things that are eternal and indestructible.
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