The easy way is set before me. It has dawned on me that the easy way is not God's way exactly. It would be easy for me to walk away from everything and just date some girl or get drunk every night. It is hard for me to read God's Word everyday, not because I don't like it or it is a task to me, but creating time to be in God's presence isn't easy in my hectic life. But nonetheless I do make time, because it isn't my time to horde anyway. I've learned from King David that God's "hard" way requires inquiring of the Lord God and doing exactly what He instructs us to do. In doing this God allowed David to succeed. For instance, it was very easy for me to ignore God when he told me to pray about dating Katie instead of rushing into it, but it was hard when I knew he was telling me to step back, which eventually turned into calling it off completely. It was hard, but now I know that it was the right thing to do; it was what God wanted us to do. So, the easy life or the hard life? As for me, I made a commitment almost five years ago to serve God with all my life, like a marriage, in hard times and in easy times I will continue to serve and follow God. I don't care where that leads me in this life, that is of no consequence. No compromise. Peace, you have my love.