Even in the Rug

Proverbs 15:19 (KJV) The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

I have been known to take shortcuts in my life.  Now that I live in Texas, I find that there are often down sides to shortcuts.  If I’m going for a walk, instead of going down the way that is made plain toward the street, I might cut across the lawn, or what I call lawn here in Texas.  It works well.  It gets my lazy nature where I want to go a little faster.

However, often there are hidden treasures that join me on my journey.

I don’t discover these hidden treasures until I am in the house walking in bare feet down the hall.  Suddenly there is a pain in the bottom of my foot.  I know what it is.  I know that the source of that pain will be hard to find.  If I am still feeling slothful, I keep going and act like it never happened.  If I’m concerned about my future walking, I get down on my hands and knees and look for that little horny seed pod that came from a weed in the yard.

So?  Are you being careful about finding what it is that God wants you to do or are you figuring you can ignore it and it won’t happen again?  I’m here to tell you, that prickly object will still be there.  Do something about it now.