Seeing the silverware brought back memories of when I was a young girl and had to polish the silverware at Easter time. Every year, Mom always had a big brunch followed by an egg hunt and invited my aunt, uncle and cousins over for the big day. Back then as I smeared the pink clay-like polish on the blackened silverware, I wondered why don’t we just use our everyday silverware at Easter?
Category: parable
Treasures on Earth vs. Treasures in Heaven
To your delight you learn that the spot where the coin lay helpless in its tomb was an international currency exchange back in the early 1950’s. Tragically the entire small town was destroyed in a fire. Several coins were lost as the people escaped the flames leaving the coins to their doom.
It is Time!
The man watched them day after day, pacing back and forth in the dirt. He felt deep compassion for them. “It is time,” he said.