"Needs"
When people are injured in the heart
They need time to heal
They need to rest and get better
and many need to get better all their lives
they need good food and candy and coke
they need sleep and happiness to stay busy
they need things they can learn to heal with
like perfume and lotion and lozenges and cream
they need peace and freedom and time to think
In a way we are all injured in the heart
We all dearly need to get better
There are things that need to get done each day
but one person shouldn't have to be another person's servant
we should give of our gifts and excess and talents
if we pool our resources and abilities together
then everyone could contribute and needs would be filled
enough is enough and more is more
the bounty of God is enough for the life to thrive
Jesus taught us the parable of the laborers in the Vineyard
how every worker recieved equal pay
 for doing various different levels of labor
they were upset by this and Jesus smiled and said,
This is what was agreed, and gave them all the same
It was a penny, not too much and not too little
but a sane amount that people could all feed their children with
some fat children and some hungry children is worse
than a bunch of well-fed children
and work is about feeding one's children
excess is a dearly unhappy thing
we much share with others who have less
In Jesus' Name,
Amen