Making the Hard Choices

Have you ever seen a straight river? Canals are straight, but all rivers seem to be crooked. We call it "meandering." Why are rivers crooked? Because the natural tendency of a river is to take the easiest way around any obstacle. So rivers are always crooked, and they always run downhill. Some people are like rivers - always following the line of least resistance; too lazy or immature to put forth much effort into the journey of faith, into shaping their spiritual identity. It is always easier to watch TV than it is to pray; easier to read the newspaper than the Bible; easier to stay as we are than confront difficult realities in ourselves and work for transformation; easier to complain about the world as it is rather than be part of its change and part of a better future...