A really wonderful post by Adrianus Indra Setiadi at Beacons of Light: Omnipotent Vending Machine. I encourage that you check it out.

Indeed. Coming from a third-world country to a sophisticated country as the US, the biggest difference was how convenient everything was. Everything is easy to get here, as long as we have the means, of course.

Even being a Christian is convenient. If we want to get serious about our Christianity, there is an abundance of churches, conferences, spiritual books, activities, and everything else. Oh my, life is good!

When I started to know God more, I realized how deep His love is for us, how powerful He is, and how faithful He is to us. Alrighty then! Life will be even better now!!

Yes, it is true, but to tell you the truth, it was not as I had expected…