On Time Is Late

I’ve always been one that has struggled with showing up to things on time.  Whether it is to church, office meetings, dental appointments, whatever… my track record is around 50/50 as to showing up before the actual time that the event starts.  “Early is on time, on time is late”, is an old saying that I have tried to live by but obviously struggle to do.
 
50/50 is a bad track record in my mind.  Better than most, but not good enough!
 
I’ve learned over the years that if someone says what time an event starts, I get that START TIME stuck in my head, and often end up LEAVING at that time, as opposed to showing up at that time.  A bad habit that I am still trying to break today!
 
What I have learned to do lately is that when I hear or see what time the event is, I figure out how long it will take me to get to that event, and I make up a “leaving time” and say it to myself over and over again.  This  “leaving time” then gets engrained in my mind, instead of what the start time is.  Since implementing this I have improved my track record over 50/50.
 
How are you when it comes to showing up on time?
 
Is your track record better or worse than mine?
 
A Real Christian Businessman knows that punctuality is a characteristic we all need to have as the Master had it all the time.  Jesus showed up on time to everything and never rushed!  Even in the story of his friend Lazarus that was dead when he arrived.  Jesus was “supposed” to show up before Lazarus died in order to heal his sickness.  Everyone claimed he was “too late” to help heal him so Lazarus died, but Jesus still got there in enough time to raise him from the dead (John Ch. 11).
 
Jesus was never late to any of his meetings, so we shouldn’t be either.
 
Figure out how your personality works and change your habits to show up on time like I am trying to do.
 
It just makes for a better life!