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I have had a lot of time to reflect and think and contemplate this week. A lot has gone through my mind.<\/p>\n

I am very lucky. God has blessed me with many talents. Some people struggle to find a single talent, and I have been blessed with many. With talent comes responsibility. With lots of talent comes lots of responsibility. Or at least that?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2s how I see it.<\/p>\n

I feel like both the first steward and the last steward. I feel the Lord has given me many talents but that I am burying them in the ground. At the same time, I do not want to bury them; I bury them because I do not know what else to do with them.<\/p>\n

That is the basis of how I have been feeling for the last couple of years. That?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2s not all of it, but it does play a part. I want to make a big difference in this world. God has given me many talents and I have a great urge to use those many talents to do something great. I want to use the talents to touch and affect the lives of many people.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, I need time and money.<\/p>\n

This past week I came to the decision that whatever it is I need to do will have to wait. I have a family to support and raise and that takes up my time and money. It is not something I am willing to sacrifice for the betterment of society. Society will just have to wait.<\/p>\n

What does this mean for Our Thoughts? I do not know. It may be back. I am just not convinced that this is where my energy needs to be spent.<\/p>\n

A dozen or so people commented in my last post that they wanted Our Thoughts to continue. I appreciate the support, but I really do not know if that is enough for me to keep going with Our Thoughts.<\/p>\n

All I can say is don?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2t remove Our Thoughts off the RSS reader just yet.<\/p>\n

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