The story
Jesus said, “God’s kingdom is like a treasure hidden in a field.” A man was digging in a field when his shovel went clunk! He had found a box full of treasure!
He covered it back up and ran home, full of joy. He sold everything he had, his chairs, his pots, even his goat, so he could buy that field!
Now the field and the treasure were his. He wasn’t sad about the things he sold. He had something much better!
Jesus told another story. A merchant looked for beautiful pearls. One day he found one perfect pearl, the most beautiful he had ever seen.
He went and sold everything he had to buy that one pearl. He held it up to the light. It shone and shimmered. It was worth it!
Knowing Jesus and being part of God’s family is like that treasure and that pearl. It is worth more than anything else in the whole world.
