A Wise Story

There was a wise man
Who took thirty silver coins
And laid ten at a brothel,
Ten at a bar,
And ten at a temple.

At the brothel,
One of the whores saw the coins
And thought it might be someone's
Life savings, thus, she held it,
And when the man returned,
She said, "Is this yours?"
The man replied,
"Yes!" stunned that someone of such ill repute
Would hold onto his ten shillings.

At the bar, the same thing occurred,
Where a man, seeing the money on the floor,
Took the money and hid it in his pocket.
There, the man came back
And was handed the ten shillings.
He was even more perplexed.

Then, at the temple,
One of the zealots in ecstasies of delusions,
Saw the coins on the ground
And thought it an answered prayer.
They took it, and put one in the offering plate,
And kept the other nine
To purchase their family's needs.
The man, coming to the church,
So thrilled about the other two in his experiment,
Thought for sure his money would be returned.
It was not.

Though this story is not true,
We ought retain our faith regardless.
For, in Jesus' day, was it not Tax Collectors and Sinners,
Prostitutes and Vagabonds he dined with?
Do not let your wisdom cloud your judgment.
Anything is possible in this world
By chance and circumstance.
Rather, hold onto your faith, regardless of others.