MARCH 2 "THE PROCRASTINATOR"

JACKS’ MOTTO
“Why do today, what I can do tomorrow,”
That’s right Jack said, “why do today, what you can do tomorrow”
But a thought came to Jack that never occurred to him before, “Unless there’s no tomorrow…then that would be disastrous!”
Troubled by this thought, Jack decided to pray, “Lord is tomorrow coming?”
It’s not for you to know the future, the Lord responded, why do you want to know?
Jack answered, “Because if I know tomorrow is coming then I will wait”
And what if tomorrow is not coming?
Then I will have to do it today, Jack said.
Lord Responded, “Let me see your list of all that you would have to do today, if there’s no tomorrow, then I will let you know.
Jack thought for a moment and began his list:
Well first I would have to call my dad and tell him I forgive him because I know that whole scripture, you know, if I don’t forgive others you won’t forgive me, yadiyada…So I’d better do that!
Then I would have to pay a visit to our church treasurer, Nancy what’s her name and hand over a big ‘ol check, cause Lord you know, I know, I owe you a bunch of money, I been meaning to pay you back, you know…OKAY, TODAY, MUST DO, VISIT NANCY WHAT’S HER FACE
Then I would have to give that lawn mower back I borrowed from Jim, but I broke it, never mind
Okay, I would have to get that fixed today and then try to get it back to Jim. It can be done, has to be done.
Oh, I’d better take my wife out too, was supposed to do that last week, and the week before, and the week before, okay, okay, that’s a must, take wife out TONIGHT.
Wait, how am I my gonna do all that and take my kids to the zoo too, I promised them I would take them….
Oh know, the leak in the church, I promised, ~great, okay, I have to do that today ALSO, add it to the list, I’m running out of room here….
But wait, what about my mom, I told her I’d visit yesterday and never went. .OKAY, WELL TODAY IS THE DAY THEN or TONIGHT, NO I CAN’T TONIGHT, I CAN’T TODAY.
Exasperated at all the Jack had to do, he moaned, “Lord, Please, I’ve got way to much to do in one day, please tell me….there will be a tomorrow.
Silence, there was nothing but silence…..
The Lord thought about it for a while, then feeling some empathy for Jack’s predicament and all that Jack had to do in one day, The Lord finally responded, ~“yes Jack, there will be a tomorrow”
Oh good, said Jack! What a relief, then I can take the day off today and get it all done tomorrow.

Thanks Lord!

Richard P Swift

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

OCTOBER 15 "RE-UP - MARRIED AGAIN!"

Paul Chudnow, 71 and Phyllis Chudnow, also 71 decide after 50 years to get hitched for another 50. The mood was lighthearted before the 7:30 p.m. service. "I figured if you can last 50 years, you might as well look for another [50 years]," said Phyllis Chudnow, 71, who will be married to Paul Chudnow, 71, for 51 years in June. "It's something to celebrate," Paul said. The couple lives in Fort Lauderdale . What happened 50 years ago I’m sure is very special to this couple, but even more special, even more meaningful, is that 51 years later, whatever they felt, whatever moment they had, 51 years ago, it’s still going on 51 years later! This couple, “has it going on” beyond what any deluded teenager thinks about “how they have it going on”, this is the real deal!
Read more

MAY 13 "EVOLUTION VS. CREATION"

WHY VENUS SPINS THE  WRONG WAY -AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL Our neighboring planet Venus is an oddball in many ways. For starters, it spins in the opposite direction from most other planets, including Earth, so that on Venus the sun rises in the west. Not that it happens often: a day there lasts a little more than 243 Earth-days, actually making it longer than a Venusian year, which is only about 224 Earth-days long. Many scientists believe that the long days are a result of the sun's strong pull on the planet. But scientists are still puzzled by Venus's retrograde, or backward, rotation. Evolution teaches that creation started by the "Big Bang Theory"; thence sending all sorts of particulars flying through the explosion through the momentum of a blast. If that were the case, the momentum of the blast, if we can somehow take a grand leap of faith that the blast created planets (big leap I know) than we can only conclude the planets would all be spinning in t...
Read more

FEBRUARY 14 "71 YEARS OLD & STILL IN LOVE"

Paul Chudnow, 71 and Phyllis Chudnow, also 71 decide after 50 years to get hitched for another 50. The mood was lighthearted before the 7:30 p.m. service. "I figured if you can last 50 years, you might as well look for another [50 years]," said Phyllis Chudnow, 71, who will be married to Paul Chudnow, 71, for 51 years in June. "It's something to celebrate," Paul said. The couple lives in Fort Lauderdale, Fl. What happened 50 years ago I’m sure is very special to this couple, but even more special, even more meaningful, is that 51 years later, whatever they felt, whatever moment they had, 51 years ago, it’s still going on 51 years later! This couple, “has it going on” beyond what any deluded teenager thinks about “how they have it going on”, this is the real deal!
Read more