The verse that really stuck out today was:
24The diligent hand will govern,
but sloth makes for forced labor.
25Worry weighs down the heart,
but a kind word gives it joy.
I have found in my own life it is much easier to worry about tasks that need done and turn them into giant monsters that can and will never be completed. Making mountains out of molehills.
Often times, when we simply set about a task with a slow and steady hand and an open and humble mind, it is completed with greater ease than ever imagined.
I am often reminded from my own experience and the words of many wise people that if we do not make our own choices then someone else will make them for us. This may be our family, employer, school, neighbor, or government.
It is up to each one of us to live intentionally and not fall back on blaming others for what we do not like about ourselves or our situations. We have been given Freedom and we must use it with right reason, diligence and love.
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