Will there be not ample of time to rest when the body is dead or the body lies down incapable of functioning properly owing to disabilities caused by multitude of reasons like accidents, diseases, etc.? So why then I should consider rest as a primary objective of mine and why should I take any delight in resting down doing nothing? Is there nothing really left to do in my life for my sake or for the sake of others? Certainly not! So why then should I desire to lie down like a log doing nothing taking any reset as if my body had got some form of paralysis! Why shouldn’t I do some meaningful work instead of resting either for my sake or for the sake of others? Adequate rest is nothing less than of utter importance, but anything beyond what is adequate is nothing less than sever wastage of resource and time. Why then should I desire rest for the properly functioning body more than that it requires! Alas how many people do not have a healthy body as mine! Alas how well spirited people are bereft of working burdened by the weight of a disabled body! Why then should I take my body as granted and waste away it in meaningless resting and sleeping! So I should and I must take the privilege to work tirelessly as long as the body can without denying it the rest it actually needs. Other than that, until I could I will toil and work for God has granted me a body able and fit. Work it is that I must desire, not meaningless rest; for blessed I am with an able body, free from a diseased soul’s fate.
Renounce sloth
Published:Oct 15, 2018