Procrastination...

I have been procrastinating, (something I'm actually good at!) as I need to go out, to the shops, seeing as I didn't manage it yesterday, I can't put it off today, but feel about as much up to it, as climbing Mount Everest. Whilst procrastinating, I listened to a sermon by David Silversides, on the life of John Calvin. Calvin was supposed to have a fiery hot, short temper, which would explode at a moments notice. He also suffered horrendously physically. His short fuse was more controlled as his life in faith went on, and the grace of God abounded in him.

I think its a great pity that Calvin and his wife had no children who survived. Be interesting to see if they were great theologians of this day and age, being of his seed.

I may not know anything about my biological family, apart from the Irish connection, but, to the best of my knowledge, my line of being a believer starts and stops with me. As no one else in my family is one, and I have no offspring and its a bit late in the day to even think about it now, even if Mr Right was just around the corner!

Calvin wasn't afraid of controversy, and yet he was a shy, timid individual, despite his often fiery rage. The description of him in that way, could have been of me.

After I'd procrastinated an hour away listening to this sermon, I decided to procrastinate some more time, and read Calvin's introduction or pre-face to his commentary on the Psalms. (see? I real good at this procrastination, lark, and for someone who is not much good at anything, its nice to be able to do something well!)

But its now almost one thirty pm. So its now or never, so I better shift myself and get going. Calvin with all the health problems he had, was an invalid by all normal standards, yet he kept going both in his writing, visiting, preaching and general ministry. And for a while he preached four sermons a week. When I think of some of the pastors I've heard of or known today, who do so little, and think they are giving their all, it really puts it into perspective what giving ones all actually means. So, if Calvin could do so much, while battling so many ails, I'm sure I can drag myself to the supermarket and back, no matter how hard a thing it may seem to do from this side of it. |