Let Your Talent Grow: Start
As I thought about the ‘parable of the talent’ in the scriptures, it just hit me that beyond spiritual gifts which of course is its main focus, everyone alive has plenty of talents wrapped as great ideas, skills, and abilities that can make his/her life and that of others better. The big question is what are you doing with them? Our talents (gifts, endowments, skills, abilities, etc) are like seeds and as long as they remain in the jar preserving them, they will remain just that- seeds! But the moment you take the step in planting them, they attract the nutrients they need from the soil and air and they become all sorts of trees – oak, mahogany, mango, apple & so on. Plant your ideas by starting! Those worthwhile goals and schemes that you rigmarole on all along and are afraid of initiating? Don’t let anything stop you. Start Now! Like the story of the talent, it does appear too that the same gift you have has been distributed to other people in differing...