– Humility is relatively easy, as long as you can brag about it to somebody.

– The new life is not difficult to live if you can keep some of the old life, too.

– Loving others is really a snap, if you only hang around great and loving people.

– Patience comes easy if you don’t have to wait for it.

– Being a giving person is not a challenge, especially if you have an abundance and won’t miss what you give.

– Living in peace doesn’t come hard, as long as you have no stress in your life.

– It’s extremely easy to forgive as long as no one crosses you or hurts you.

– Obedience comes easy if you aren’t asked to do something that you don’t want to do.

– Daily devotions aren’t hard either as long as they keep making those little boxes with tiny cards

with a verse printed on each one.

– Even that ‘servanthood’ thing can be handled – just as long as you’re not treated like one.

On and on it goes … looking for an easy way to live a life that God said would be challenging. He promised there’d be dips in the roadway of life with potholes, detours and switchbacks. We still expect an empty freeway.

Beware – this ‘looking-for-the-easy-way’ brand of Christianity doesn’t separate us from those who aren’t interested in seriously following Christ. They need examples to show them the way.