May The LORD Teach Us This Sacred Wisdom!

Life is wasted by driblets
(Charles Spurgeon)

"A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, 
a little folding of the hands to rest--
and poverty will come on you like a 
bandit, and scarcity like an armed man!"  
Proverbs 24:33, 34

The worst of sluggards only ask 

for a little slumber; they would be 

indignant if they were accused of 

thorough idleness. A little folding 

of the hands to rest is all they crave, 

and they have a crowd of reasons 

to show that this indulgence is a very 

proper one. Yet by these littles--

the day ebbs out, and the time 

for labor is all gone, and the field 

is grown over with thorns!

It is by little procrastinations--

that men squander their opportunities. 

They have no intention to delay for years--

a few months will bring the more convenient 

season. Tomorrow they will attend to serious 

things; but the present hour is so occupied 

and altogether so unsuitable, that they 

beg to be excused.

Like sands through an hour-glass,
time passes. Life is wasted by driblets, 
and seasons of opportunity are lost
by little slumbers. Oh, to be wise,
to catch the flying hour--
to use the moments on the wing!

May the LORD teach us this sacred wisdom!

"So teach us to number our days aright, 
that we may gain a heart of wisdom!" 
Psalm 90:12

   
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GraceGems has published J.R. Miller's helpful two page short article,
 "The Hallowing of Our Burden".