Watch out for ‘fast, easy, and guaranteed.’

Think of fast food, cartoons, and bank CDs.

They instantly satiate hunger, keep kids occupied, and offer you a better interest rate than your savings account. But that meal won’t be memorable, the kids will still crave your attention, and you will make a rather measly return on your investment.

Instead, consider the slow, difficult, and risky. These are indicators of real value. Nothing we have done that is memorable, significant, or of great worth was void of at least one if not all three. Ultimately, these are forms of resistance, and resistance is a validator.

In Sunday’s Gospel Jesus addresses a crowd that’s been pushing the ‘easy button’ for a very long time. Jesus is trying to point out that the fast, easy, and guaranteed just don’t deliver. And the irony is that the slow, difficult, and risky not only pay off – but following Jesus is actually an easier journey than the one they’re on.

What’s the ‘fast, easy, and guaranteed’ trap you’re in?  What’s the ‘slow, difficult, and risky’ that you need to congratulate yourself for undertaking?

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The Road to Reinvention – Lindner

Fail – Briggs
We Make the Road by Walking  McLaren