Life is not as simple as it looks

The more we want to become like Jesus, I believe there will be more that not going along with us, I'm wondering if God actually put those people around us to proof our new-birth and to shape us, so we can be faster to become like Jesus in His perfection? - I believe so, He is sovereign in all things, even in 'bad' things that we don't want those things to happen in our life.

But there are some friends who will stand for us, to correct us, to encourage us, to cherish us, to love us - but when (not if) they fail -- yet we still have Jesus as our Friend, that will always be giving us strength to love not just our friends but to love our enemies (someone that hates us).

It's breathtaking, if God was going to judge us based on every acts that we took, we are definitely going to the hell. No question to be asked. But, that kind of 'understanding' can lead us to hell as well if we don't pursuit for holiness and pursuit to love one another as a proof of our new-birth.

Everyday when I wake up in the morning, I know that this life is not as simple as it looks. It's a war-time against my flesh.