When the young man heard this statement, he went away sad, for he had many possessions. Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 19: 22-23

As he knelt before Jesus,
He was seeking validation,
That what he was doing,
Met the gist of his oration.

I have kept the Commandments,
Both one and all,
Against sin and temptation,
I did God’s call.

So Jesus, with love.
Looked in the man’s heart,
For eternity’s sake,
Your wealth must part.

For he saw deep,
Into the man’s soul,
That he had forgone wisdom,
And sought after gold.

“Sell all that you have,
And give to the poor,
That is the way,
Through the narrow door.”

But the man’s faith,
Was not strong enough,
“Giving away my security,
Is exceedingly tough”.

So he left Jesus.
And went back to his home.
One of the biggest mansions,
In all of Rome.

The moral of the story,
Is not that wealth is bad,
For work and enterprise,
Was the talent the man had.

Instead, the lesson,
Is closer to this.
Money, wealth, and security,
Don’t equal eternal bliss.

You should use your talent,
For all those around,
And not hoard in fear,
Or let your soul be bound.