Proverbs 22: Excuses, Excuses

Have you ever made up excuses for why you didn't do something?

"The water makes my hands dry out, so I didn't do the dishes."
"There is a loud, angry dog outside, so I cant mow the lawn."
"My parents gave me too many chores, so I didn't have time to do my homework."
"I just didn’t have time."
"There is a lion in the street, I cant go to work."

Oh wait... that last one is in this chapter (verse 13).

You know the sluggard (or lazy person) will make up any excuse just to get out of doing what they are supposed to do. Do you find yourself  not doing things often and then making excuses?

Let me tell you that it won’t be the lion that kills you, but your laziness will, in a sense, kill you.

Repent of this sin, and do all your work unto the God.

Proverbs 19: Slothful

Are you lazy? The Bible uses a word in many translations: slothful. This is used to describe a lazy person.

One verse in this chapter has this to say: “Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.”

Lazy people will end up sleeping so much that they don't get anything done; you can't be productive when you are sleeping. An idle person won't be able to make money so he will be hungry.

As younger individuals we set the pace of our lives. The habits that we form now will be with us for the rest of our lives. Are you lazy now? There is still time to change, so stop being lazy and work hard so that you will no longer be slothful.