Matthew 25:14-46
Dear RTB’ers,
Talents and the Final Judgment. A major contrast in these two accounts that Jesus related is that in the parable of the Talents each person (each of us?) is given some measure of “talents” to use here on earth. In the latter account, the Final Judgment, Jesus says nothing about what people have been given. In fact, it could be that these people being judged have nothing except food, water, shelter, and the clothes on their back.
But there is one item that is common in both accounts – time! Each of us has been given time, 24 hours a day to do with as we choose. Forget the measure of talents – some have been given much and some very little. That’s the way it is, and each is asked to do with what he or she has. But we have each been given the exact same amount of time – 1440 minutes a day, no wealth measure here! I’ve already used more than a third of my daily allotment; what to do with the rest? Maybe, again, a good Lenten question…??
Blessings.
Fred