Are you a tortoise or a hare?

Where I walk and pray is in the countryside, from my neighborhood to a wildlife management area.

So this morning, as I was praying for my son, I thought of a time several years ago when I challenged him to a race or vice versa. We started out with the goal of going about three miles. At about a mile he had a huge lead because he started really fast, but about the two mile mark I passed him and the rest is history. If he had arranged it, the outcome might have been different. I was like the tortoise and he the hare, in a way.

There are people who live their spiritual life like that; they ignite by wanting to do everything and be everything. But it doesn’t take long to burn out and discouragement sets in.

Hebrews 12 says: “Run with perseverance the course which is drawn up for us.” Some people think badly with finances; they invest hoping to make a lot of money in a short period of time instead of letting their money grow over time.

The author of Proverbs addresses this in chapter 21 and verse 5 where he says, “The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.” I like the way the Living Bible says, “Constant effort brings prosperity; hasty speculation brings poverty ”.

Some rush into a serious relationship without having time to get to know the other person and it often ends in tragedy.

So as you approach any area of ​​life, do you live like the turtle or do you live like the hare? The good news is, if you need to change, you can, and there’s no better time than today.