http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/poems/pilgrim-s-conflict-with-sloth
"I do not aim with you to spend
A single hour..."
Sloth. Laziness. Waste. These are things that I so easily re-name. I call it rest, or pretend that somehow I've earned the right to be lazy. I even bargain with my self and trade so much work for so much laziness.
But here is the truth. I never have a right to waste what I'm given. Rest is good, but when rest takes over productivity it loses it's value. Sleep is good, but when sleep gives way to laziness, it is destructive.
I need a bigger view of life. I need a bigger purpose. Only by having purpose beyond each action can I defeat the wrong motivation for the action.
I refuse to allow sloth an inch.
I refuse to let my line of sight be as narrow as just right now.
I will not waste my minutes, because they make up my hours, days, and years.
I will taste and enjoy the goodness of God, and be still and know Him, but never be idle without purpose.
