laziness

i loathe laziness, actually i have an almost fanatical view of it. this stems from my MS. i feel that i should give 100% more, because there are some days where my fatigue and pain overwhelms me that i can't physically do anything else but rest. in my opinion this makes me lazy. how crazy is that i ask you? i push myself to do more than my body physically can do and most times i end up getting sick.

some americans seem to loathe it as much as do, if not more. for example we take poverty as a sign of laziness. we judge another individual because they don't have the money or education to pull themselves out of it. that may be the case for some, but some are not going to be rich because GOD didn't want them to be. this is hard for some of us to accept. i know it is for me, because why would GOD want you to struggle financially, or not improve your mind so that you could understand the ways of the world. however i do believe that GOD gives us choices and it is up to us in the long scheme of things if we are going to choose HIS, or our ways.

we are all guilty of laziness no matter what you think. we have technology to make our lives easier. most us can't even get up to change the channels on the tv. we would rather turn a room upside down to find the remote than just go up and press the channel button. we hire individuals to clean our houses, mow our yard or even make our meals for us. some of this though is because we have filled our lives with so many activities, or work 80 plus hour weeks at our careers that we no longer have enough hours in the day to complete the everyday chores. remember that is your choice.

a lot of individuals become lazy in their study of the gospel. this is the main reason why i started writing this blog. i had become so lazy in my journey with him that i was losing him. this was not a choice any longer. i had to find HIM again and make my heart right with HIM again. so many of us feel this, so many of us choose to live thru the world and not enough thru HIM. i have found so many possibilities since i began reading the gospel again everyday that i hope i don't let the world consume me again.

GOD asks us to lean on HIM, no one else. HE asks us not to lean on our own understanding, but on HIM. HE asks us not to become lovers of the world, but to love HIM. when you open your heart to HIM everything falls into place, everything else starts to make sense. We all have trials and tribulations, we all have beautiful days, and this is given to us by GOD so that you can learn. We have no excuse for being lazy in our journey with CHRIST - none.

"make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you. so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependant on anybody." 1 thessalonians 4:11-12

"the sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied" proverbs 13:4

never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the LORD." romans 12:11