Pro. 18 NLT

⁹ A lazy person is as bad as
someone who destroys things.

This proverb is like what I’ve been reading in a time organization book as well as what I just heard from our Home Team curriculum by Andy Stanley.  Stanley said something like there is a negative cumulative value when we neglect things.  The lazy person who continues to put off and put off actually damages that which is neglected.  It happens in our homes…trash builds up, dishes stack up, laundry piles up.  It happens with our health…fatness grows, arteries clog, muscles atrophy.  It happens in our spirits too, resolve diminishes, desires fade, communication is lost.

The wise person is not a workaholic in that he or she slaves day and night with no rest.  Rather the wise person works appropriately in increments of minutes a day or hours a week, and so on.  Stanley said there is cumulative value when we make small deposits.