The Acceptable Time

Procrastination always seems to lead to further pain or frustration, but we keep falling into it anyway.
We want to avoid confrontation; we wonder, "perhaps it's not as big an issue as I'm making it", or "maybe it's just me."  Making progress is never easy, "no pain, no gain," and if we are really serious about living the Word of God, then we will push ourselves a little more, as with a personal trainer",  to go a bit beyond what we thought were our limits.
St. Paul in his second letter to the Corinthians quotes Isaiah 49:8 "In an acceptable time I heard you,/ and on the day of salvation I helped you."  Without mincing any words, Paul says, "Behold now is a very acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.  (2 Cor 6:2).  Usually this reading appears in Advent or Lent as motivation for making that extra effort in those holy seasons.  But here in Ordinary Time, it challenges our summer attitude of "laying back."  We don't have to go "hog Lenten Wild" but even if we MOVE on ONE thing that we've been putting off, we'll be in a much better place in our relationship with our loving and patient Savior, and our neighbor.  It won't spoil our summer, but make it better.  What will it be TODAY...THIS ACCEPTABLE TIME?
Bro. Rene