11th Hour Workers By DW Grant Toiling under a blazing Tammuz day sun, Aaron and Jude could finally see the end of their work day approaching. Aaron wiped sweat from his eyes, looked up to observe the scorching sun dipping behind the nearby mountain, and...
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11th Hour Workers By DW Grant Toiling under a blazing Tammuz day sun, Aaron and Jude could finally see the end of their work day approaching. Aaron wiped sweat from his eyes, looked up to observe the scorching sun dipping behind the nearby mountain, and sighed. Jude spied the last 50 feet of bean plants he’d been picking, content that his task would soon end. Welcome darkness rapidly approached, when probably only impoverished gleaners descended to harvest whatever the hired crew had left behind. Working faster and more efficiently than most laborers, brothers Aaron and Jude knew they’d more than earned their wages that day. If the master noticed our hard work, it could mean a well-deserved bonus for us, Jude hoped.. Suddenly, as Judestarted hisfinalpush toward the end of the row, he spotted Isaac, one of the tardy arrivals picking toward him. Jude regarded Isaac a late sleeper and rather lazy worker who’d typically show up in the field toward the day’s close. The master often hired me
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