Laborers Are Few

Laborers Are Few
By Larry Linville

“The fields are white for harvest
and the laborers are few.”
That’s how Jesus challenged us
and we know it’s very true.

But we send out messages
that we love Jesus so deep.
If others love him like we do
this good chain mail they should keep.

We flood emails with forwards
which seldom contain much truth
and it takes hours to read their
condemnations of our youth.

We voice our hate for others
who are different than we are
while we climb a big ladder
to place that big lighted star.

“Christmas is too commercial”
we complain while looking smug
as we buy some mistletoe
that matches our Christmas rug.

The fields are white for harvest
but the laborers are busy
finding many other things
to keep them in a tizzy.

If the workers did those things
Christ wanted them to do
Jesus would be in Christmas
and people would be blessed too.

We’d find it’s not the words said
but what we do in His name
when we try to share that peace
we don’t have the time to blame.

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