"The sluggard craves and gets nothing,
but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied."
- Proverbs 13:4
Ever have a craving? I get them every so often. Chocolate cravings. C'mon girls, you know what I'm talking about.
Cravings don't give 24 hours notice. While we may know ourselves well enough to know when a craving might come on, the truth is they just happen. And when they do, nothing else will satisfy.
Since I know I occasionally get chocolate cravings, I keep some in the house. It could be chocolate ice cream, a chocolate chip cookie, even a Hershey's Kiss. Anything to squelch that craving, because there's nothing worse than craving something and not having it.
This verse says that the sluggard craves and gets nothing. That's because lazy people don't plan ahead. The diligent know that "cravings" may come, so they're sure to be prepared. That's one difference between laziness and diligence: the diligent prepare well ahead of time, and have no worries. The lazy put things off till the last minute, then regret not being able to fulfill their desires.
The lesson here is simple: don't procrastinate. Whatever you can get done now, do it. You'll be thankful for your diligence later on.
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