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Page 4B, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, May 1,2019 Lazy Does Have Its Advantages From The Bible By Jerry Kingery Special to the Ledger Dr. James L Snyder As a young boy, my father tried drilling into my brain that laziness was not acceptable in his house. If I wanted to be lazy, I had to go outside. He provided a wonder ful role model for me because if my father was anything, he was not lazy. He tried to encour age me not to be lazy. Laziness, according to him, was an attack on common decency and energy. After all these years, I have tried to live up to his standard. And yet, I must confess that I have found that laziness may have an advantage or two. I’m leaning towards the two. It was my fortune to marry a young lady who did not have an inkling of laziness in any of her bones. I thought when I first married her; she was trying to impress me with how active she was and how much she could get done. I have discovered, however, that that certainly was not the case. Laziness and she have never met as far as I understand it. I have tried not to be lazy and to a certain ex tent, I have succeeded. However, as I get older I begin to appreciate the opportunity of laziness. It does not have the bad connotation I was taught down through the years. Everything has its good side and its bad side. The great joy of life is trying to find the good side in everything. This includes laziness. Anybody can point out the bad side to laziness, but it takes a genius to discover the good side of laziness. I am not pretending to be that ge nius, but I can say that I have discovered a good side to laziness. The good side of laziness occurred to me recently. My wife loves to put together “Honey- Do-Lists” for her hus band. That would be me, of course. Let me say that just because it’s called a “Honey-Do-Lists” does not mean that there is any sweetness to it. In fact, from my own personal experience I have yet to find any sweetness in that activ ity. I call it an activity because I am supposed to actively do every thing on that list. It was a Monday morning and as usual, the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage handed to me her weekly “Honey- Do-List.” As usual, the list was quite long and in great detail. “Make sure,” she said rather seriously, “that you do everything on that list as soon as pos sible.” One of the things I have often wanted to ask my wife is what is her meaning of “as soon as possible”? It seems that I have not the faintest idea of what it really means. As a well-seasoned husband, I smile most graciously as she hands me that list and say, “Yes, dear.” Her list comes as close to a novel as anything she does. It takes several days for me to read that list and try to understand what I am supposed to do with it. But, with my experience, I do the best I can and there have been several times, not many, that I have finished her list to the last point. It was about Thursday when I was going over the list and saw several things that had not been checked off. I sighed very deeply, and with determination planned to get back in the saddle again. I find it very hard to juggle what I want to do with her “Honey- Do-List.” It is always a struggle because I know I have to do her list, but in my mind, I really want to do my list. I was drinking some coffee and looking over this list to see what my next assignment was. At that time, the Gracious Mistress of the Parson age came into the room and said, “Did you do the 12th item on my list?” At the time, I was a little startled because I did not know what she was getting at. I did not know if this was a quiz or if I was being evalu ated by my work. I was a little concerned because there were some little nuggets of lazy that had peppered my week up to this point. Looking at her I said, “No, I haven’t got to number 12 yet. I’m still working on number 10.” She sighed such a deep sigh of relief that it frightened me a little. I was afraid if I said I had not accomplished number 12 I would be in serious trouble. After all, it was on the list and I was supposed to do everything on the list. “I’m so glad you didn’t do that. It was my mis take and I would’ve been in serious trouble had you done it.” As it turned out it was her doctor’s appoint ment, which was sched uled for next month. She got the date wrong. I do not think I could have fooled her doctor into thinking I was her. If it was not for my laziness at the time, I am not sure who would have been in more trouble, her or me. I was reminded of a verse my father liked to quote. “He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich” (Proverbs 10:4). I wish my father was here because then I would tell him that sometimes the situation needs “a slack hand.” Dr. James L. Snyder is pastor of the Family of God Fellowship, and lives with the Gracious Mistress of the Parson age in Ocala, FF. Call him at 352-687-4240 or e-mail jamessnyder2@ att.net. The church web site is www.whatafel- lowship.com. The passover at Gilgal And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the FORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel. ... And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day. And the manna ceased on the mor row after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adver saries? And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the FORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? And the captain of the FORD’S host said unto Joshua, Foose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so. Now Jericho was straitly shut up be cause of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. And the FORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trum pets. And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall See Bible, page 5B Attend The House of Worship of Your Choice This Sunday Lee County Church Of Christ Eddie Garcia, Minister Bible Study 9:30 AM Worship..10:30 AM & 6:00 PM Smithville Baptist Lance Fendley, Pastor Sunday School... 10:00 AM Worship...11 AM & 7 PM Philema Road Baptist Sunday School 9:45 AM Morning Worship 11:00 AM Evening Worship ..6:00 PM Alpha Baptist Tom Howard, Pastor Sunday School 9:45 AM Morning Worship 11:00 AM 1st Sunday of the Month Evening Worship ..6:00 PM Antioch Baptist Church Rev. Lem Wright 1st and 3rd Sunday Sunday School 9:00 AM 4th Sunday Worship Service. 10:00 AM Friendship Baptist Church of Lee County Mark Spraggins, Pastor Sunday School 9:45 AM Morning Service.. 11:00 AM Phillip Grove Baptist Pastor Jenkins Sunday School... 10:00 AM 1 st & 3rd Sunday 11:00 AM Mt. 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