"By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through."
We come again to another verse that speaks to the wisdom of observation and our reality. Any one of us can be going down the road and see and old house that is crumbling. We know the simple reality of why this is happening - someone has neglected it. As it is, with anything of this life, neglect will bring ruin. I do not chose this verse for the sake of helping your home upkeep. I chose this verse for our spiritaul life. By much slothfulness the building decayeth - one of the great sins in our midst today is sloth; Yet, you never hear the confession of this sin in the lives fo the church, family or individual. Do we recognize this sin? Is it not among us or in us? Solomon writes much about sloth in Proverbs and Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon. In Canticles we read, 'they made me keeper of the vineyard, but my own vineyard I did not keep'. We see neglect is mentioend here. Why? Becuase so busy with other things? Perhaps, but usually the sin of sloth is our choosing. Now we note this begining, 'by much slothfulness'. It is not a little neglect or laziness, but is much. That means more damage, more neglect, more failure. What is the result of this 'much slothfulness'? 'the building decayeth'. Not just 'run down', or in need of repair, but decayeth. Destruction, the issue of 'beyond repair' is in this thought.
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