“Don’t be worried on account of the wicked…trust in the LORD and do good”  (Psalm 37:1 & 3).

     No good deed goes unpunished. Maybe. Maybe not.

     Taylor Ostergaard and Linsey Zellitti wanted to do something nice for their neighbors. Late in the evening, they walked from house to house delivering the cookies they had baked. At 10:30 p.m., they pounded on the door of a woman who experienced a panic attack because of the girl’s late-night visit.

“These people who have been turning the world upside down have come here also” (Acts 17:6, NRSV).

“Remember the Sabbath day and treat it as holy.   Six days you may work and do all your tasks, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. Do not do any work on it…” (Exodus 20:8-10, CEB).

Keywords: Sabbath, rest

     Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today. These are the words of Benjamin Franklin. Franklin was not a procrastinator by any means. He worked in four hour bursts and maintained a disciplined schedule.

“The created world itself can hardly wait for what’s coming next” (Romans 8:19, MSG).

     Consider the following survey. Say that you find yourself waiting behind another car in the McDonald’s drive-thru. The individual in front of you is having trouble making up her mind whether or not she wants a café` mocha or a cappuccino. You, however, have just a few minutes to get to your doctor’s appointment on time. Do you:

“Jacob replied, ‘I have traveled this earth for 130 hard years.’” (Genesis 47:9, NLT).

     I admired her and at the same time I felt badly for her. I watched from a distance as a young mother pushed a stroller with two toddlers up a steep incline. Her diminutive stature didn’t do her any favors for this particular task.