idiot medicine

Proverbs 10:26

“Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
 so is the sluggard to those who send him.”

Sluggards…

habitually lazy people…

who most often over-promise and under-deliver…

who expect the world to operate on their timetable…

who start things but rarely finish things…

who are blazing fast and highly skilled in excuse making…

They are like vinegar to the teeth. Ever taken a swig of vinegar?

Not pretty.

They are like smoke to the eyes. Ever had the smoke of a campfire swing your way?

Painful. Irritating. Maddenning.

Remain a sluggard and do not be surprised when those in authority over you, or those depending on you, seek to run and escape from ever being professionally linked together with you, again.

They’ll find a way to never be responsible for things, with you, again.

No one wants to continue gulping vinegar or having the smoke stay in your eyes.

Not even the sluggard.

Even sluggard’s demand other sluggards no longer slug.

Contrast this with the sweetness of faithfulness.

Grindforth!