A Denarius

In Matthew chapter 20 in the vineyard

The workers claimed it wasn’t fair

To get paid for the day for the same as the hour

But if it wasn’t for last getting paid first

Then the consequences wouldn’t have been worse

If you think about it it was all based on them being compared

That was the reason they claimed it wasn’t fair

All that for a denarius they didn’t have to share

If it was only the opposite way

Then the workers would have no ill to say

And in the generosity of the master

They were jealous being the latter

The way we do often sometimes

And we think they we deserve more 

Because we loved Christ way before

Our behavior is less than poor

When we realized we aren’t the only chosen and blessed

And God cleans all of us of our mess

Not just people who chose him at birth

Or spend every Sunday at church 

To choose him at the end

But he wants us to choose him again and again

To redefine logic and grace

He has more mercy than we comprehend or used to face

There’s a safety net we can place

But jealousy often shows it’s ugly head

Turning our greed into a common stead

We are peace and we are love 

But we cannot be like Jonah and put ourselves above

We are one in the same

All destined for the same fate. 

Unless we choose Jesus as our savior and friend

Then we can all be saved and there’s no reason to contend

There’s enough of his love for us all in the end.