Ecclesiastes 12:10

     Somebody had to save the beavers! The government of the Czech Republic was tasked with protecting the wetland marsh that the beavers called home. It was decided that a dam had to be built to protect the marsh, but the project got caught up in so much bureaucracy and red tape that by the time it was green-lighted, it was too late.   Not to protect the beaver but to build the dam. The beavers had built one all on their own.   Good intentions, however, don’t always mean good results. Many things we know need to be done are never done because we take too long to do them. If we are not careful, the plans we make are worthless, not because they were not good, but because we took too long to do them.   Proverbs 3:27-28 warns us, “ Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in your power to do it. Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come back, And tomorrow I will give it," When you have it with you. ”   So, let get it d...

  Some folks like to arrive at the airport minutes before the plane is about to take off. Some don’t get to the show till the curtain has gone up. Some people will only step out on the platform when the train is spewing smoke.   The only problem is that if you do that, you run the real risk of the gate being closed, the doors being shut, and the train is departing the station.   While that is not a wise way to go about life, it is a much worse way to approach God. Many will wait to seek forgiveness from God till the absolute last moment. They assume there will always be time.   Yet let’s consider what the psalmist tells us in Psalm 32.  As he espouses the goodness of being forgiven, he warns in verse 6, “ Therefore let everyone who is godly offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found; surely in the rush of great waters, they shall not reach him .” He warns that waiting till later may mean it’s too late!  Don’t wait till the rush, it might be...