I've struggled with present reality situations when others just avoid something because it is uncomfortable, I have a hard time not clearing the air--but you need two parties to cooperate to have that happen. It is sad that we live in a culture where we have so many distractions and enough affluence that we can just ignore "stuff" when it is uncomfortable. We might need one another to be healthy and according to the Bible, to experience true community is a part of active faith; but we can "function" without one another so we do that, it is easier not to be in others lives and junk.
I heard someone say once, "vultures and hummingbirds both fly"...both are looking for food, one fills itself with death and one with new life. Evidently, I didn't remember this until I did a search online, it is also a verse in Philippians somewhere. It is a brilliant contrast visually, and metaphorically.
The size, the lot in life, the things each look for... these are very different creatures.
I would like to be one seeking out opportunities and new life; it is very difficult to keep focused and devote time to what's important in a life filled with distractions of all kinds.
I still choose the TV over friends or sleep over prayer, even though I know they are dead ends. But it is a substitute less and less often as I realize, with time, I need each more.
