The parable of the workers in the vineyard.
These verses stood out to me for many reasons.
This verse reminds me that my thoughts are still worldly. My first thought was same with early workers that started to work earlier. Yes, the reward is great, but my worldly thought makes me feel like this is unfair. My second is that it will be so much better to start working later. This let's me know my current status. I'm still part of this world
My additional thoughts, whether they are true or false, are as follow - in God's perspective, the work itself may not be significant. Maybe the days time for us translates to seconds to God's time. He's showing us grace by letting us to work to begin with even though he doesn't need workers - I might have both early worker jealous of late workers. I might be non-workers trying to be part of late hour workers. Either way I need to part of the God's worker -
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