Proverbs 6:6-11
Don’t Be A
Sluggard
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her
ways, and be wise:
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
Provideth her meat in the summer, and
gathereth her food in the harvest.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when
wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little
folding of the hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that
travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
In the summer time I do not enjoy
housework! Hot water, vacuums, folding
hot laundry out of the dryer, and cooking are just not appealing when the
weather tells you to sit down and drink lemonade. I always think it is strange that during the
warmest summer months we have an ant problem.
It’s almost like the Lord knows I need to go to the ant, consider her
ways and be wise. He brings these ants
to me in order to wake me up from my sluggish, summer ways and be about looking
well to the ways of my household. The
precious seemingly insignificant creatures are here partly to teach us lazy
humans a thing or two. In the summer,
ants look for water and they are militant about it. One time I went into my laundry closet and
there was an organized line of these tiny creatures going up the wall of my
laundry closet, on to the shelf, up the iron and into the small opening where I
put water in for steam pressing. Talk
about diligence! They found water in the
laundry closet! They also reminded me
that ironing was necessary in the heat of summer as well as the cozy times of
winter! Thank you Lord for these little
lessons!
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