The servant who received 5 talents had everything necessary to produce 5 more. The servant who received 2 talents had everything necessary to produce 2 more. The servant who received 1 talent had everything necessary to produce 1 more. But out of fear, he chose to do nothing.
Fear trumps faith, if we let it.
When we you attempt to follow what God has entrusted to you it is not always easy. That’s why it is so important to stay faithful and let God take care of the success. Never so true as when a new life has been entrusted to you, called a baby. Even though God gives us everything we need, to be the parent he wants us to be, the role of a faithful parent will have plenty of pushback and opposition until adulthood is accomplished—sometimes beyond!
The key is to stay faithful and let God take care of the success. Just like the servant who—out of fear—did not invest his talent, so too with parenting, fear of our child’s response can make us back away from the mission.
Fear trumps mission if we let it. Fear makes cowards of us all, if we listen to its message more than God’s Words.
--Tim Butler
Image source: Willem de Poorter, The Parable of the Talents or Minas (17th c.), https://www.liturgytools.net/2017/11/pictures-33rd-sunday-ordinary-time-year-a-parable-talents-faithful-servants.html
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