A Little Folding of the Hands From: Right Angles by Ralph Bryant

The article this week, comes by way of my dear friend and mentor, Ralph Bryant, who is the preacher and one of the elders of the Abell Street Church of Christ, in Wharton, TX.

I have been learning spiritual life lessons from Ralph, since I met him in the summer of 1981, after I had just begun my first work as a youth minister for the Pearland Church of Christ, where I grew up. Ralph had arrived at the Alvin Church of Christ just about a year before and I met him for the first time at Camp Bandina in that summer of '81. The Lord has blessed my life over and over through Ralph's friendship and his teaching. When I grow up, I want to be just like Ralph.

A Little Folding of the Hands From: Right Angles by Ralph Bryant

Procrastination is an insidious evil. It creeps into our lives and grasps us before we suspect we are in the wrong. Awareness and a willingness to act need to become part of the fiber of our character. There are times when you should not make quick judgments, when you should be judicious in your actions. But the sooner you act to avoid temptations, the better. Dallying over a decision and rationalizing over a situation puts your final verdict in jeopardy, because the scales then tend to tip to the side of half-truths. When the alarm clock goes off in the morning, don’t argue with it, get up. You made the decision last night what time to arise today. Make a stand, act decisively. You will begin to like yourself better. Don’t put off till later what you can do now. Something important may come up later! Proverbs 6:9 -11: “How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come…" Ralph Bryant