River Of Life - Cold Spring

Today’s story is one that Jesus told His friends in order to help them understand something important. “Jesus often told stories when He wanted to explain something to the people who followed Him. These stories were called parables, and they took place in everyday situations so that people could understand God’s truth for themselves. Jesus’ parable was about a man who went on a journey. Before he left for his trip, the man left his money with his servants. He wanted them to be responsible for it until he returned. “The man asked his servants to take good care of his gold while he was gone. It was their responsibility to take care of what he owned. “The man gave five bags of gold to one servant . . . two bags of gold to another . . . and one bag of gold to another. Then he left. “After a long time, the boss finally came back home. He called all the servants together and asked them to show him what they had done with his money while he was gone. “The first servant showed that he had doubled what the boss h