Why is this?

Why is it that we are always out for the shortcut? Are others not worth our time? I had a great conversation with a friend of mine. Actually I observed more of a the conversation that I participated. There were four of us there. As a friend of mine continued to ask questions...serious one, another continued to give quick, tright answers to her much deeper question. I was really nervous and for a while all I did was pray for wisdom. I really wanted to be a good friend. I thought of how so many people don't take the time to be friends. I have left my friends high and dry because I wasn't willing to give the energy. I repent of this and I pray that I will give nothing less that the energy necessary to be the best partner in this journey through life. We so often oversimplify things in hopes that it will suffice so that we don't have to actually think through some of the hard questions of life. I think we fear that our faith is not strong enough to lead not only in the wilderness but out. My prayer is for more faith and for the courage to step out on that faith. Join me.