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The trials and triumphs of the chronically lazy (standard:Inspirational stories, 900 words)
Author: GodspenmanAdded: Nov 01 2009Views/Reads: 3836/1922Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
All through my formative years my father and other authority figures railed quite mercilessly against what they called being lazy. According to them, laziness was about as close to the unpardonable sin as a human could possibly get without being burned by
 



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called lazy are afraid not to do something, while the lazy man is quite 
content to let some things go undone. 

One more thing about a lazy man. Before he will do anything, he will try
to figure out the quickest and easiest way to do it without spending a 
lot of energy or time. He guards his energy as an old miser guards his 
coins at night. 

The lazy person is not intimidated by activity. However, he has that
deep-seated satisfaction of knowing that he may not do everything but 
what he does do he does as effortlessly as possible. 

Peter, the angler turned apostle, understood this idea of leisurely
casting your life upon the Lord. "Casting all your care upon him; for 
he careth for you" (1 Peter 5:7 KJV). 

Even Jesus understood this when he said, "Come unto me, all ye that
labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon 
you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall 
find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light" 
(Matthew 11:28-30 KJV). 

The essence of wisdom is this; do not do for yourself what has already
been done for you. Very simply put, Jesus has done it all for you. 


   


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