"No unwelcome tasks become any the less unwelcome by putting them off
till tomorrow. It is only when they are behind us and done, that we
begin to find that there is a sweetness to be tasted afterwards, and
that the remembrance of unwelcome duties unhesitatingly done is welcome
and pleasant. Accomplished, they are full of blessing, and there is a
smile on their faces as they leave us. Undone, they stand threatening
and disturbing our tranquility, and hindering our communion with God. If
there be lying before you any bit of work from which you shrink, go
straight up to it, and do it at once. The only way to get rid of it is
to do it."
-Alexander MacLaren (1826–1910), Scottish preacher
Courtesy of C.J. Mahaney's ebook on productivity
Here I am again.
"Chief of sinners though I be,
Jesus shed His blood for me;
Died that I might live on high,
Died that I might never die;
As the branch is to the vine,
I am His, and He is mine."
- William McComb, 1864
