February 23, 2010

Tempted to Borrow

Today's blog was contributed by an FUMCR Staff Member.

In high school I was not the most studious student. I liked being able to do just enough to get by, after all school & homework time was NOT fun. That being said, I had an English teacher that insisted on long reading assignments followed by reading quizzes. At first I tried to do the reading and keep up, but that was really interfering with the fun things I was more interested in so I started to slack. The way I saw it I had two options- suck it up and keep reading to continue to make the grades, or "borrow" some of the answers to the pop quizzes from my neighbor (who had been doing her reading). I knew that "borrowing" answers was wrong, but the temptation proved too much and I ceased reading assignments and commenced "borrowing." Afterall, it was a lot easier to "borrow" and just slide by, rather than studying and learning for myself.

Sometimes "life" requires a lot of work! Have you ever been tempted to "borrow" or take the easy road rather than doing the work?

2 comments:

  1. You know its funny because I was actually talking to a friend recently about my habits in college and how I never took my reading assignments serious. I was able to put the reading off to the last minute and do it half heartedly and then turn in 10-20 page paper the next morning and still get a B-. What is sad to me is that looking back... had I not taken the high road and had instead worked diligently throughout the semester, my collegiate GPA would be much more pleasing for me to talk about. In alot of ways this is how many people, including myself, go through life being a Christian... doing just enough to get a B- and making your father and friends happy enough to leave you alone about the extra work you could've done. Its encouraging though to think that if we just did a little more work and didn't take the "easy" road in our lives, we would view ourselves as "A" Students and so would our friends and father.
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  2. "Do Your Best and God will do the Rest"
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