Confessions of a Procrastinator
Written on February 20, 2010 by admin
One may wonder what relevance the topic of procrastination holds for the average person. What importance does it hold for us Christians?
If I were to draw on my experience alone, I could make a strong case for the relevance of this topic. I bought fabric to make a set of curtains in 1999; fortunately, the design is still in style. I have people in my life whom I need to Call, but I wait to contact them until I have more time to talk. The perfect time never comes. And I just cleared from my desk financial statements that been taken care of before the fiscal year 2003 ended.
But of course. I can’t draw on my experience alone. So I went to the Internet and placed the word “procrastination” in the search engine. To my surprise, 90 pages of Web sites appeared on the screen. The titles ranged from The “Seven Day Procrastination Plan” to “There’s always tomorrow” (that Web site must have been written by a procrastinator). Countless people are trying to avoid, measure, structure, overcome pocrastinating.
What’s the Big Deal? On the basic level, on anonymous author has stated it well: “Procrastination is a thief of time”. It can add unnecessary stress to our lives , as well as to the lives of those close to us. On a deeper level, Ellen White states the danger that procrastination gives to our spiritual lives. “Beware of procrastination. Do not put of the work of forsaking your sins and seeking purity of heart through Jesus. Here is where thousands upon thousands have erred to their eternal loss. I will not here dwell upon the shortness and uncertainly of life: but there Is a terrible danger—a danger no sufficiently
understood—In delaying to yield to the pleading voice of God’s Holy Spirit.
