The Parable of the Talents

After spending Friday with Sara and my mom, Sara and I drove to a women's conference with Janelle. One speaker talked about the parable of the talents. The master gave five talents to one, two to another and one to the last. But no where does the master get cross at the two that used their talents. He praises both of them for doing something useful. Even though the servant with two talents didn't get five, he still did something useful. I got to thinking about that. Maybe the people I get peeved at are doing the best they can with their talents and instead of being peeved, we should be more like the Master and praise the servant for doing the best possible. And maybe instead of griping at ourselves, we should stop and ask the Lord how we can do better with the talents we have been given instead of burying them in the ground.