8.10.25 - The talents

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Wednesday --- 

I am learning Morse Code.

Yesterday I went to the Christian Community to do Bible study. I was very tired. 

However, it was great. Always worth while.

I also realised that the endings of these parables were often very uncompromising because they were trying to say, this is inevitable. If you continue in this fashion, you are one hundo percent going to suffer. You have literally no choice on the matter.

Jesus wasn't suggesting anything - he was saying, you need to do this. It was a prescription. Consider. It was the Roman times and the area of the planet he was in was in a total mess. Human beings were in a total mess. Jesus came along and said, we not only need to do better, we must do better OR it is just going to either continue, or get worse. You have to do something different. 

Now is not the time to be afraid. Now is the time to do something clever with the abilities we have been given. If you continue to pursue this path of madness, it is going to end in tears. That is what Jesus was saying.

If you continue to hoard things. Bury them in the ground. If you continue to just let things ride, it will just be awful. 

I always thought of the Matthew gospel as quite dry and pedantic, but actually Matthew saw the world through the practical. John is the visionary, Luke is the healer, Mark is the - I actually don't know what Mark is... he is always depicted as lion, and Matthew is the stern accountant. 

Anyway...

The bill from the solicitor came yesterday. 6K. Ugh. That's the end of the bonus I was expecting this month. But I am going to ask to pay it in parts. It's too large to pay as a whole bill. Nevermind. It is what it is.

It is finally at an end. As I have said to Oisin, I don't need to do very much with anything. Jac is going to Milan - I think they are driving over the French border. 

Well. I should have gone for my run today. I think I'll go after school. I have managed to not drink now for almost a week. My last time was Friday night. Long may it continue. What is important in life?

Over the past few weeks I have had a small crisis of faith. But yesterday, I was showing the children the liverworts and the mosses, and they were so excited. Then Ben said something very important. He said that Jesus said that I am the Way, the Truth and the Light. Anyone who believes in me will have Eternal Life. And also that the Truth will set you Free... Well, I want to write about this in the next blog post - NOW.

It IS all worthwhile. Really, it is.

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