Humming Bird or Vulture?

A few weeks ago I heard a sermon regarding our mind and thoughts. The pastor made a brief comment regarding the difference between between a Hummingbird and a Vulture, this was a topic I needed to address in more detail. A Hummingbird is so attractive that people deliberately buy sweet food that will attract these beautiful little birds for their viewing pleasure. The smell of sweetness will attract these birds. All day they rely on sweetness for survival. The constant meals of sweetness through the day sustain him through the night. Then we have the Vulture. Such a large frightening bird to see. The moment you spot a vulture, you immediately know that death is near by. There is an eeriness at the sight of a vulture. Generally when you see one vulture, you will see others. The idea that they smell death, sense death, and are fed by it is disturbing. I know vultures were created for this purpose, however it is still a disturbing concept to me. So I take this concept to what we are filling ourselves with. What thoughts are we eating? What attracts us? What are we consuming into our spirit and soul? Is it sweetness or death? The promises of God are filled with great sweetness. "How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!" (Psalm 119:103). "Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart..."(Jeremiah 15:16) What are you eating? What are you attracted to? What gets your attention? Is it God's truth? God's promises? Are you nourishing your soul & spirit with hope, joy, & love? Are you feeding on expectations of sweet life? Or are you surviving on death? Corpses? Things that have a stench? Bitterness? Unforgiveness? Hopelessness? The resemblance of life that only leads to death? The message version of Romans 6:22-23 says "But now that you’ve found you don’t have to listen to sin tell you what to do, and have discovered the delight of listening to God telling you, what a surprise! A whole, healed, put-together life right now, with more and more of life on the way! Work hard for sin your whole life and your pension is death. But God’s gift is real life, eternal life, delivered by Jesus, our Master." So what choice do you make, Hummingbird or Vulture? Sweet Life or death? "I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live..." (Deuteronomy 30:19)