The laborer's appetite works for him; his hunger drives him on (Proverbs 16:26). I'm going to be honest here, at the risk of sounding like a cold-hearted, grumpy-eyebrowed grinch (and at Christmastime, too!).  I'm going to just come right out and say t… more »

Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare (Proverbs 20:13). Whenever I fly from Holland to Ohio -- a six-hour time difference -- I experience a phenomenon that can be both frustrating and awesome.  On the one h… more »

I went past the field of the sluggard, past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment; thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.  I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from wh… more »

The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! or, "I will be murdered in the streets!" (Proverbs 22:13). "C'mon, Dad.  Don't you think you should get up and get out the house sometimes?"  The smell in the house was musty and stagnant.  The living room w… more »

The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!"  As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.  The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.  The sluggard is… more »