To one the overseer gave five talents, to another two,
to another one, to each according to their ability.
—Matthew 25.15
A talent was a large measure of weight: a ton of money.
Don’t despair because you have merely
a million gifts of God rather than five million.
Don’t envy the power to move the masses.
Don’t think you lack anything
because you can’t defeat an army.
The saints are not heroic, just faithful.
The smallest gift of the Spirit is immense.
Grief that’s not bitter, mercy that’s not weak—
don’t belittle them, nor bury them.
Your patience, your gratitude, your sense of humor—
held, they are worthless; shared, they produce richly.
Your steadfast generosity, your brave compassion,
these simple gifts are worth a ton.
They are not for you. Risk them in the world
and they will multiply.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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