Dragging Feet

I make mental notes, even sticky notes, of supplies and time needed for events, tasks, and projects I want to carry out, so why is the result often the same time and again? Experience has taught me that what I plan to do usually takes longer than I think, yet I sometimes delay starting. That choice always sends me scrambling for time.

Procrastinators think they have enough or more time than they do, but Solomon tells us in the Book of Wisdom: "Boast not thyself of tomorrow for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth" (Proverbs 27:1).

No one can regain misspent time; it's gone. Assuming you can pick up later today or tomorrow where you left off is faulty and sometimes deadly thinking; we have no promise of seeing another day or minute. Procrastination is a robber of time, opportunities, and blessings. After hearing Paul's message, Felix, the governor of Judaea, was disturbed and convicted of his sins. But instead of asking what he should do, he sent God's messenger away, thinking he would deal with his sins at a more convenient time. But that didn't happen.

Countless people who postpone giving their lives to Jesus, thinking they have more time, will spend eternity in hell's torments, separated from God who loves them. Don't put off doing what you should. Procrastination—your choice to delay kills the best intentions to do what's right.