Is the Christian life easy?

Why does it seem that once we start to love Jesus more and more life seems to get harder and harder. I recently read a blog that gave a list of the ways that life when we love Jesus becomes harder. Here is the list;

• We are set free from sin yet continue to yield to it (Rom. 6:2; Rom. 7:19)
• We are saints yet sinners (1 Cor. 1:2; 1 John 1:8)
• We have peace yet are to strive for peace (Eph. 2:14; Col. 3:15)
• We have been saved yet are to work out our salvation with fear and trembling (Eph. 2:8; Phil. 2:12)
• We are beautiful yet wretched (Song of Sol. 4:1; Rom. 7:24)
• We have been given rest yet are to labor to enter that rest (Matt. 11:28; Heb. 4:11)
• We are forgiven yet continue to need to confess sin (Col. 3:13; 1 John 1:9)
• We know the love of Christ yet this love surpasses our knowledge (Ps. 89:1; Eph. 3:19)
• We have died to sin yet must continue to flee from it (Rom. 6:2; 1 Cor. 6:18)
• We are new yet we are not what we shall be (John 3:3; 1 John 3:2)
• We have seen Him yet have not seen him (Eph. 1:18; 1 Pet. 1:8)
• We have all knowledge yet are to increase in knowing Him (1 John 2:20; 2 Pet. 3:18)
• We are a new creation yet battle the old self (2 Cor. 5:17; Rom. 6:6)
• We have joy yet we are commanded to rejoice (Gal. 5:22; Phil. 4:4)
• We have been set free yet are slaves (Rom. 6:18; Rom. 6:22)
• We are fallen creatures and yet sons of God (Rom. 3:12; Gal. 4:6)

When I read this list it made me want to run back to my faithful, loving, and guiding Shepherd and rest in His arms. When life becomes hard realize that we have a Savior who loves us and knows what it means to be human and have tension in life. Rest in that fact and realize that Jesus loves us and wants the best for us.