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[B]Mel: [/B] (southern accent but not overdone) Jed, you got a hole in your roof.
[B]Jed: [/B] Sure do, Mel.
[B]Mel:[/B] The rain's comin' in like crazy, Jed.
[B]Jed: [/B] Sure is, Mel.
[B]Mel: [/B] Why don't you fix it, Jed?
[B]Jed:[/B] Can't fix it. It's rainin'.
[B]Mel:[/B] Well, why didn't you fix it yesterday?
[B]Jed: [/B] Didn't need to, t'weren't rainin' yesterday.
[B]Woodrow Kroll:[/B] Do you know anybody who is—well, let me just say it—lazy? I'm thinking of laziness that leads to a step backwards not forwards. Somebody like Jed. What do you do if somebody you know is like that?
Well, you need to show them the folly of their way. There's a verse in Proverbs about that: "The slothful (or lazy) man says, 'There is a lion in the way; a lion in the streets.'"
You see, the slothful person knows there's danger but is too lazy to do anything about it. He halfheartedly shouts a warning only to have the lion grab him by the throat. As a friend, you must show him how foolish it is not to get up and do something about the danger of laziness. The best way I know to do that is to guide him to God's Word. That's the only way he'll truly be changed. |
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