Sometimes it’s easier to talk about faith than to wrestle with it.
Sometimes it’s easier to love your kids than to pray for them.
Sometimes it’s easier to clean your house than to face your mess.
Sometimes it’s easier to say you believe than to do what you believe.
Sometimes it’s easier to run than to stand and fight.
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Sometimes it’s easier to finish the bag of chips then to put them away.
Just kidding, I know I’m supposed to be serious …
Sometimes it’s easier to be right than to be righteous.
You’re funny! Serious is not a prerequisite. Right vs righteous – that’s very good stuff though!
Sometimes it’s easier to sit in a chair and holler at the kids than to get up and actually do something about it.
(kinda funny, but kinda true at the same time…some days)
It’s also sometimes easier to talk to my kids(or others) about what’s right than to show them by my own actions.
Neat idea for a post.
This evening, I let my guys fight it out instead of getting up and doing something about it (I was actually reading this post, hmmm…). I finally had to do something when both boys started biting each other. Lesson learned? The point of this post -somemes the easy thing is not the right thing.
Sometimes it’s easier to be faithful than it is to really have faith.
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Sometimes it’s easier to be trustworthy than it is easily trust.
Good thoughts, and being right versus being righteous, that’s a good one to chew on!
Sometimes it’s easier to cover your face than to turn the other cheek.
Sometimes it’s easier to judge than to see people for who they really are.
Sometimes it’s easier to eat ice cream than to make supper!!!
(I am eating ice cream right this minute)
Sometimes it’s easier to love than to be loved.
Sometimes it’s easier to try to “fix” your children than love them the way God made them.
(from a mom of two special needs girls)
1. Sometimes it’s easier to buy bigger pants than lose the weight.
2. Sometimes it’s easier to pony tail dirty hair when kids have you on the go and so does your bath.
3. Sometimes it’s easier to eat chocolate cake than to deprive the crave. (refer to #1)
4. Sometimes it’s easier to blog than do the dishes. (Did I just say that?)
5. Sometimes it’s easier to watch a reality show and find your reality ain’t so bad afterall.
Ooo, number 5 – that’s good!
Keep this just between us, but sometimes it’s easier to tell them to use their sleeve than find a tissue! Especially in the car!
And it’s easier to say “I’ll pray for you” than to actually pray.
(shhh, I have also been known to offer them a stray sock!)
I’m loving the ones about potato chips and buying bigger pants. Mine?
Sometimes it’s easier to do things myself than let my kids do them (even if the kids really need to learn how).
(sparked by your tweet…)
sometimes it’s easier to sport a muffin top than give in to going up a pant-size (and way easier than losing weight)
We’re all livin’ that dream – hard to kiss the teen years good-bye in the heart when they’ve already departed the thighs!
Oh my gosh … THAT is the best one yet!!
Sometimes its easier to obsess about the details than deal with the true situation.
sometimes it’s easier to dream the dream than live it.
sometimes it’s easier to go with all or nothing than to keep pressing on despite the mess-ups in between.
sometimes it’s easier to read than to know.
Wise words – why is all or nothing so much easier than the daily grind?
Sometimes it’s easier to close your eyes than to watch a toddler smear peanut butter in his hair.
Sometimes it’s easier to wallow in your crap than to give it over to God.
Sometimes it’s easier to agree on ice cream at 10am than to argue about it all day long.
Somtimes it’s easier to be angry than to figure out what you’re angry about.
Yes, why is wallowing so much more attractive? Is it because it’s it’s own kind of ignorant peanut-buttering smearing avoidant bliss?
Okay, I typed it then had to erase. I couldn’t. But it did have to do with my hubby’s bvd’s.
I will focus on the righteous one.
sometimes it is easier to hide than to tell all…
Sometime it’s easier to give in to my gonna-be-a-great-lawyer-someday-eight-year-old than to be the mom and just say no.
Sometimes it’s easier to beg God to take away the hard stuff than to trust that He’s using it to make me who He wants me to be.
Sometimes it is easier to fight against than to fight for
*sometimes it’s easier to “stuff” than actually talk.
*sometimes it’s easier to lie than to tell the truth.
*sometimes it’s easier to give up than to give in.
*sometime’s it’s easier to do nothing than to do something.
*sometimes it’s easier to do the homework than to teach the lesson.
*sometimes it’s easier to wait for the snow to melt than to actually shovel it. (i say this with 8 inches on the driveway and a husband on travel :O)
- sometimes it’s easier to eat healthy than to be healthy
- sometimes it’s easier to accept defeat than fight to win
- sometimes it’s easier to settle for status quo than believe God for BIG and GREAT things
* Sometimes it’s easier to find new things to do than to do the things I’ve already committed to.
* Sometimes it’s easier to talk about people than to talk to them.
* Sometimes it’s easier to eat ice cream and watch television than to fill out tax forms. (What? It is!)
Oh! And also? Sometimes it’s easier to make a joke than to let anyone close enough to take you seriously.
omg sharone – this is me to a perfectly fitting t! why is this easier??
Yes, why? Is it easier to deflect than to absorb? Easier to laugh at than cry with? Easier to poke fun at ourselves than to share ourselves?
Such good questions.
Sometimes it is easier to avoid than to face the truth.
Sometimes it is easier to order take out than to cook!
Sometimes it is easier to ignore than to teach.
These are so good. I am stewing in all these comments, ladies. Stewing, thinking, listing, listening, writing…..
sometimes it’s easier to focus on the immediate rather than the important.
sometimes it’s easier to see what needs to be done today rather than take the time to dream about the future.
Sometimes it’s easier to nag at my husband for the small things that he has done wrong than to brag about my husband for the great things that he does right.
I know I’m late joining the conversation…trying to get a house ready to put on the market is the pits! Maybe I’ll work on my own blog again sometime….
Ooo, the husband thing – yes, that’s a very very good one. I do that too.
Sometimes it is easier to yell your hurt than whisper your need in prayer.
sometimes its easier to die than to truly live
sometimes its easier to do than be
sometimes its easier to suffer than figure out how to thrive
sometimes it easier to quit before you start than to potentially fail at something great and worth doing