Wednesday Word of the Day

Idleness 

/i'*del*ness/, n.

The state of doing nothing.  Idleness is the parent of vice.

1.  Laziness; sloth; sluggishness.  

2.  Unimportance; trivialness.

3.  Inefficacy; uselessness.

4.  Worthlessness.

5.  Emptiness; foolishness; infatuation; as idleness of brain.

(Websters 1828 dictionary)

Proverbs 31:27  "She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

Just reading through the definitions of idleness bring to my mind many times in my day that I am guilty of being idle.  Lord, create in me a drive and tenacity to be diligent in taking care of my family in a way that brings glory and honor to You.