Quit comparing your work with others’

Morning: Psalms 131, 132; Zephaniah 3:1-13; I Peter 2:11-25

Evening: Psalms 134, 135; Zechariah 13:1-9; Matthew 20:1-16

The landowner in Jesus’ parable values all the workers’ efforts equally, no matter that some worked all day and others only hours.  Each day’s news about climate change from scientists suggests it is ‘late in the day’ already … We may have passed important tipping points, but there is still time, they say, to address this immense planetary crisis. We must act with urgency to help heal the earth.  Even small actions matter.  Jesus teaches that it will help us, too, to stop comparing the value of our work with that of others, and just get on with our own.