May I Be Excused
Rise and Shine for Jesus! \O/ By Pam Iannello (my late mother) After pondering our scripture verse for today, I've now got a little tune ringing in my head. Perhaps you're familiar with it, the chorus goes like this: Excuses, Excuses; you'll hear them every day. The devil will supply them if from church you'll stay away. When people come to know the Lord, the devil always loses, And so to keep us now from living right, he offers us EXCUSES! Are you one for making excuses all the time? Maybe you'll better be able to answer that question after looking at Proverbs 15:19, which says: The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. The slothful person is of course, a lazy individual. He is a SLUG! He indulges in inactivity, has a habit of being idle. In other words, he's not inclined to work. (Sounds like a fellow who's going nowhere to me!) The Bible sa...