The word of the day is “honorable.”  In today’s reading of 2 Timothy, 2:20-26, St. Paul teaches the way to become a more useful servant of the Kingdom.  The Apostle contrasts church members who are effective as “vessels of honor” and those who are “instruments of dishonor” (vs. 20), that is, “for common use” (NIV 2 Timothy 2:20). The term household “vessels” that Paul refers to are all sorts of utensils, not necessarily containers (Strong’s #4632, 232).  Therefore, the comparison is not of the contents that the container holds.  The contrast is of the composition of the implements.  What they are made of determines what they are used for.  One does not use a silver punch bowl as a washbasin, nor…