The Talents
'Well done, good and faithful servant'
The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, after Ehud
died. So the Lord sold them into the hand of King Jabin of Canaan, who reigned
in Hazor; the commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in
Harosheth-ha-goiim. Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help; for he
had nine hundred chariots of iron, and had oppressed the Israelites cruelly for
twenty years.
At that time Deborah, a prophetess, wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel. She
used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill
country of Ephraim; and the Israelites came up to her for judgment. She sent
and summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him,
"The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you, 'Go, take position at Mount
Tabor, bringing ten thousand from the tribe of Naphtali and the tribe of
Zebulun. I will draw out Sisera, the general of Jabin's army, to meet you by
the Wadi Kishon with his chariots and his troops; and I will give him into your
hand.'"
Judges
4:1-7
Deborah Leads Her People to Freedom from the
Canaanite King, Jabin
Miniature
extraite du Psautier de saint Louis.
13th C.
illuminated manuscript. Public domain.
Bibliothèque
nationale de France (BnF)
Paris
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%C3%A9bora_et_Baraq_BnF_Latin_10525_fol._47v.jpg
Your talent is God's gift to you.
What you do with it is your gift back to God.
~ Leo Buscaglia
The
intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant.
We have
created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
~ Albert
Einstein
Our
Wednesday Breakfast Group welcomed Danna and David Cuin (not pictured) home
from England,
and Keith
who just moved here from Texas.
Tom Newsom,
Kate Loomiller
Tom brought
some of his world famous Santa Claus Christmas cards and puzzles to breakfast.
http://www.newsomart.com/gallery.php?gallery=6
Last year
(OPQs, September 19, 2010), I took a picture of Tom painting the one on the left.
He was
commissioned to paint it for the National Train Museum.
Our favorite
scouts honored some of our Rotary veterans Friday morning.
Thank you,
Veterans!!!
Happy
Birthday, Donna!
11-11-11
Dennis
Rhoades gave a pastel workshop here in Evergreen on Saturday.
Some of
these people really know what they are doing!!!
Part of
Dennis’s demo piece.
If we are
ever in doubt about what to do,
it is a good
rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done.
~ Sir John
Lubbock
November 13, 2011 Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Previous
OPQs may be found at:
http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm
[Jesus said:] "For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his
slaves and entrusted his property to them; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another
one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. The one who
had received the five talents went off at once and traded with them, and made
five more talents. In the same way, the one who had the two talents made two
more talents. But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a
hole in the ground and hid his master's money. After a long time the master of
those slaves came and settled accounts with them. Then the one who had received
the five talents came forward, bringing five more talents, saying, 'Master, you
handed over to me five talents; see, I have made five more talents.' His master
said to him, 'Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy
in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of
your master.' And the one with the two talents also came forward, saying,
'Master, you handed over to me two talents; see, I have made two more talents.'
His master said to him, 'Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been
trustworthy in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter
into the joy of your master.' Then the one who had received the one talent also
came forward, saying, 'Master, I knew that you were a harsh man, reaping where
you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed; so I was afraid,
and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.' But
his master replied, 'You wicked and lazy slave! You knew, did you, that I reap
where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter? Then you ought to have
invested my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received what
was my own with interest. So take the talent from him, and give it to the one
with the ten talents. For to all those who have, more will be given, and they
will have an abundance; but from those who have nothing, even what they have
will be taken away. As for this worthless slave, throw him into the outer
darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'"
Matthew
25:14-30
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the
permission of www.agnusday.org
Comment by the artist, James
Wetzstein:
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. The Securities
and Exchange Commission requires that I tell you this, but what do they
know? Lately, it would seem, not much.
http://cards.heartlight.org/index.cgi?a=edit&g=1761
Parable of
the Talents
http://www.biblical-art.com/artwork.asp?id_artwork=28085&showmode=Full
Judges 4:1-7
Psalm 123:1-4
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
Matthew 25:14-30