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Isaac the Procrastinator

Album: Gold Audio 10: Other Times, Other Places

Episode: 148

Lesson/Theme: Procrastination; laziness.

Bible Verse: Proverbs 10:4

Characters: Lucy, Whit

Writer: Phil Lollar

Sound Designer: Bob Luttrell

Original Air Date: April 6, 1991

Last Air Date: July 24, 2008

Description:
Isaac is doing a lot of heavy-duty praying. He has a report due today. It's not ready, so Isaac is praying that God will let the bell ring before his teacher calls on him to deliver it. Amazingly, that's exactly what happens now, Isaac has the weekend to finish the report. But Lucy finds Isaac in the mall on Saturday morning, looking at books on space travel. She confronts him about it. Then Lucy asks if Isaac has done any work on their joint geometry project, which is due in a week. He hasn't, but he promises to get to it immediately. Isaac leaves to go directly to the library. But before he can get there, he is distracted by a hot Zappazoids tournament. Meanwhile, Lucy goes to Whit's End, where she learns that Isaac owes yet another project to Dale Jacobs! Lucy and Dale are ready to dump Isaac, but Whit asks them to be patient. He has a plan to cure Isaac of his procrastination. The next day, Isaac comes into Whit's End. Whit convinces Isaac that he is suffering from a disease, chronic procrastinitus. Whit says he has the only known treatment for it, so Isaac begs for a dose of the medicine. Whit hands him the treatment. Isaac drinks it down and almost immediately feels it working! He instantly starts a flurry of work, completing Dale Jacobs's project in just a few hours. Isaac is amazed at the effectiveness of Whit's treatment, until Whit tells Isaac that it was only lemonade. 'Chronic procrastinitus' is just a fancy term for laziness. The reason Isaac was able to complete the work so quickly was because he finally decided to just do it. Isaac has learned his lesson and promises to, in the future, perform his tasks right away.

Questions:
Why did Isaac keep putting off his work? How does God feel about laziness? What's the best way to combat procrastination?