In 2006 the Federal
government did something rather unusual, they repealed a tax. This was a 3% federal charge on long-distance phone
calls. It was about time. The original purpose of the tax was to help fund
American efforts in the Spanish-American War, which ran from April to August of
1898! The war lasted only four months;
the tax lasted more than a century.
Taxes are like that.
They last a lot longer than they were supposed to. This one was originally thought
to affect only wealthy people since back then they were the only ones that had
phones, but it hung around long after that fact changed as well.
Habits are like that
as well. We might start a habit with a good reason, yet over time that reason fades
away but the behavior stays. For instance, missing the assembly of the church.
We might have an illness or a conflict that keeps us away for a time, yet when
that hindrance disappears our attendance doesn’t pick back up. Or else, we
might stop teaching because we don’t have time yet when the schedule clears up
we never go back to that good work.
and let us consider
how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as
is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see
the day drawing near.
Hebrews
10:24-25
Don’t let bad habits
linger. What we think might not be a big cost to us will become one when we don’t
end it as soon as we can.
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