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@genesimmons 1) If those NAZI bastards could see you now:

Son of Holocaust death camp survivors, born into poverty in Israel, abandoned by his father, emigrated to USA as a little kid in short pants who didn't speak a word of English.

"Well done, good and faithful servant!" Matthew 25:21

@genesimmons 2) Before going on a long journey, a master called his servants together and entrusted them with his possessions. To the first he gave five talents, to the second, two, and to the third, one, each according to his own ability. Then he departed.

@genesimmons 3) The servant who received five talents went at once and traded with them, made a profit, and gained five more. Likewise, the one who received two talents made a profit and gained two more. But the one who received one talent dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.

@genesimmons 4) "When the master returned, he called his servants together to settled accounts.

"The first servant arrived with 10 talents. His master said: ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You've been trustworthy over a little, I will put you in charge of much. Come, share in my joy.'

@genesimmons 5) "The second servant arrived with four talents. His master said: ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You've been trustworthy over a little, I will put you in charge of much. Come, share in my joy.'

@genesimmons 6) “The third servant said: ‘Master, I knew you are a harsh and demanding man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter seed. I was afraid to lose the talent you gave me, so hid it in the ground. See, now I'm returning to you what is your own.’

@genesimmons 7) “But his master answered: ‘You wicked, lazy servant! If you were so afraid of losing the money I gave you, then at least you should have put it in the bank and returned it to me with interest.

"Take the talent away from him, and give it to the one who has the ten talents.’

@genesimmons 8) “To everyone who values his blessings & gifts from God, and uses them wisely, more will be given. He will be richly supplied and have an abundance. But from the one who does ignores or disregarded his blessings & gifts from God, even what he does have will be taken away.

@genesimmons 9) "Throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness: A place of torment, where the wicked weep in sorrow & pain and gnash their teeth in anger & regret.

"But they who value the Father's blessings will inherit a Kingdom prepared for them from the foundation of the world.

@genesimmons 10) "For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; I was naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me, ignoring personal danger.’

@genesimmons 11) "The righteous will ask: ‘Lord, when did we do these things?'

"The Lord will answer: ‘I assure you, to the extent that you did it for one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it for Me.’"

THESE are the qualities this little boy recognizes in you, Gene.

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