Talents prompt

"You're so lazy, Konni! You're so talented and you're wasting it!" Every time I slacked off, didn't practice, or got lazy, my mom would say this to me. Until a couple years ago, I was wondering what talents she could possibly be speaking of, and if she knew of them, then if she could tell me what they were. Everyone is good at something. We all have that one (or several) talents that make us unique. What is my talent? That's a good question.

I believe that I am talented in many different aspects. However I believe I am most talented in music and art. In music, I can play several instruments and took lessons for many years. Also I can sing pretty well; not great (haha), but good enough to almost win a band competition. Also I have a good eye for photography and have a good aesthetic sense. I can draw pretty well, however I focus mostly just on clothes and shoes. (Wow, I kinda felt super conceited as I was typing this paragraph out.)

I have put my musical talents into use. In my church, I play the piano and keyboard and sing for my church's worship band. I use my musical abilities to lead people into worship and prayer. My worship band have made some compositions and songs of our own and entered into the Band Champs competition. We didn't win, but we made it through 2 of 3 the rounds. With my artistic talents, I have been offered a job as a photographer's assistant. And I have made some clothes designs that have yet to be created into actual wearable clothes.

Miesha's talent is different from mine, as her talent as been put through trials and hardships, that threatened to make her fail. My talents have been made all into hobbies and I do them on my spare time. If I wasn't able to continue my hobby, I wouldn't be that adversely affected as Miesha would've been. Her talent has allowed her to persist in continuing her education. I see her talent as a priority for her; it's important. To me, I see my talents as enjoyable activities to do in my spare time.

In the Parable of the Three Talents, God gives three people varying amounts of talents. Two of them work hard and use their talents to produce more talents than they previously had, and God blesses them and praises them for their hard work and diligence. The other person who received only one talent, didn't want to lose it and so he buried it. He was lazy and didn't use what God gave him; and so God takes his talent away and punishes him.

Jesus' point of this parable was to work hard and attempt anything and everything with diligence, and you will be rewarded. I believe that this parable can be applied to Miesha's life and mine. We all should work hard at whatever we do, and do them diligently. As a result, we will be blessed and rewarded.