When Elijah

Met the widow,

She felt the same way too.

For she echoed everything

That everyone around her,

Said we ought to do.1 Kings 17:8-12

But would the miracle,

Have occurred,

If she had mimicked

What her neighbors

Said we ought to do?

Or,

If she had done

The very same things,

That we still are taught

We ought to do?

For every reason

We can think of,

To explain the reason

Why we think we need

To feed our own needs first,

There is a withered,

Barren fig tree,

Standing by

The road of life,

That warns us

Of the final end

Of those who do.

This,

Is why the Savior

Cursed the fig tree.

No,

Not because there wasn't,

A bumper crop of fruit.

But rather,

Because it sought to feed

Its own needs first,

Instead of feeding others

Any fruit.

For even if the Maker

Of the fig tree,

Had only found

One little tiny fig

Clinging to its branches,

Do you think

He would have cursed it?

No,

Because it's never been

About how many figs

Are on the tree,Mark 12:41-44

But rather,

It has always been about

The infinite amount