This verse came to mind as I rushed around the house trying to get me and my three kids ready for work and school this morning. Not because I had a particular person in mind, but because I was thinking about my alarm and how many times I had hit the snooze button. My alarm was set for 5 o’clock and I didn’t get up until…..well, let’s just say that I hit that snooze button a few times too many.
For any of you “snoozers” out there, you
know what I’m talking about. The snooze button seems to be your friend, “hey
buddy, just lay back down for a little bit longer. I’ll wake you up again in a
few minutes.” So what do you do? Yep, you lie back down and go right back to
sleep again.
Ten minutes later it’s going off again; and
there waits your friend. “Hey buddy, no rush, just one more time. You’ve got
plenty of time to get a little more sleep. Besides, you set me a little early
this morning; go back to bed.” Next thing you know you’re waking up to your
alarm screaming at you and you’re realizing that you’ve slept through 5 rounds
of snooze without even realizing it. “Oh crap!!” Now you’re running around like
a chicken with its head cut off trying to get yourself and three kids up and
ready for the day. Bad thing is you are already out of time. So now, for some
reason, you think that screaming and yelling at everyone will make things
better and magically get them all ready for school. Nope, not so much. Let’s
just say if your day wasn’t starting off bad enough; it’s even worse now
because you’re realizing that you just made your kids feel bad for something
that was your fault. “Way to go DAD!”So where are you going with this, you ask. Actually I’m not sure. Other than to say that the snooze button can often be like that one friend you have, you know the one that your parents say is a bad influence. Well, that’s your snooze button for you; or at least for me any ways. He sits there enticing me with his opportunities to do something that I shouldn’t do, but would have so much more fun doing. He makes you feel loved, like he is doing you a favor. Bad thing is, it’s not actually a favor; no, it’s a trap. I don’t want to get up, I want to stay in bed; and he knows that, so he uses it to bait me in. Next thing you know, he’s laughing at me hysterically (or at least that’s what it sounds like) as I am finding myself in the very bind that I had hoped to keep myself out of.
Do not be deceived: “snooze buttons ruin
good morals.” 1 Crossons 15:33