Plodding is a good use of time. Why is that true?

Plodding is a good use of time because the greatest gift – life – is received disguised in thin, consecutive leaves of time, overwritten with the commonest of tasks and duties.

Plodding is a good use of time because the greatest virtue – love – is  displayed in the unremarkable, continuous drip of daily living. A loving life takes time. A loving life is generally not a “stand out” or “heroic” kind of life. It is achingly common: no pizzazz: just a continual plodding forward with good will in the heart toward others.

Plodding is a good use of time because any work accomplished is an amalgamation of small, small increments of applied effort expended in daily routine obligations.

Plodding suggests drudgery, and there is an element of that. But the necessity of plodding can be approached as an art and a skill. Plodding…with graciousness and gratitude: not waiting for motivation or inspiration, but choosing the next blessed, common task. It is a disciplined choice. Plodding…and loving. Plodding…and blessing. Plodding and enjoying the common, familiar and lovely mercies God has given us hour by hour.

“You will show me the path of life.” Ps. 16:11