In a place without rain the Umbrella is of no use.

A friend of mine and I where talking about God today and this was my bit of wisdom. If I can call it that.

I find that I meet alot of people who think that God did something to them, or that God let something happen to them or those people You know you've heard it, or even said it, before. The idea is that if there was a God, or is he really loved us, life would be easier.

I think life is hard because he loves us. I believe that this life is the dress rehearsal. And if the director makes it easy on you how will you be prepared for the live show?

The title itself really encapsulates my thoughts quite well. If life is easy you don't need God's love and protection. God wants you to need him, to come to him with your woes, to seek his forgiveness. If this life where perfect you wouldn't need to be saved for the perfect life that is coming.

This world and this life are designed to be hard and ugly and unforgiving (in my opinion). If things aren't hard there is no need to make a choice. If there isn't a wrong choice to make then there is no choice at all. Without sin there is no forgiveness.

Life isn't easier for the saved and forgiven. They jsut know that it's temporary, and so it's harder to take seriously. To quote Maynard "We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion".

Just one fat guys thoughts on why life is hard.