The Thursday Update

AUGUST 7, 2025

Lakeshore Friends,

I’m excited to be back to work this week after my four-week break. Contrary to what some people may think, I actually spend two of those four weeks working from home and thinking about the “big-picture” things related to our church corporately and my life personally. I really did a lot of thinking about both this July, even more than usual. As I celebrate 64 years of life on earth this week, I realize how limited my time at Lakeshore is and how important the rest of my days on earth are. I want to make my life count for God, for you, and for others.

With that said, I realize that one of the biggest enemies of a meaningful life is procrastination.

Procrastination is, “the act of voluntarily delaying or postponing tasks or decisions, despite knowing that doing so may have negative consequences.”

It’s so tempting to put off those tasks that we don’t like and the decisions that we really dread. And even when we know that putting these things off will only cause us even more problems in the days ahead, we still choose to procrastinate. We all know people who are procrastinators. Sometimes procrastinators are just plain lazy, other times they are unsure what is involved in taking action so they refrain from doing anything, and still other times they like to wait until the last minute to get certain things done. The reasons may vary, but the results are very predictable: an unfulfilled life that falls short of all that God intended.

As I prepared for teaching on this subject on Sunday, I constantly thought of others who struggle with procrastination. Yet, I didn’t realize that most people struggle with it at some level (yes, even me to a certain degree in certain areas). While one survey showed that 75% of people are self-described procrastinators, I think all of us are procrastinators given the right (or is it “the wrong”?) set of circumstances.

That’s why I think this Sunday’s message will be a big help as we look into what the Old Testament book of Proverbs has to say about procrastination in our series, “Uncommon Sense”.

So don’t procrastinate, be at church on Sunday, and learn how to put off procrastination in your life.

I’ll look forward to seeing you all!

Warmly,
Vince