Something I read this morning from Tabletalk (a publication from Ligonier Ministries and R.C. Sproul):

"How often we think we fully understand God's purposes when we take the first steps forward into some new stage in life. We assume that if God is leading us to do X then He means to accomplish Y. We cannot second-guess the Lord; sometimes obedience leads us into difficulties and trials. We need to hold our own plans and expectations for the future with a light touch. Otherwise we will see frustrations as curses rather than bridges into the next stage of His guidance."

So good to remember that obedience doesn't mean we will have a perfect, comfortable life. How would that teach us patience, trust in our Savior or test our faith to see what we truly believe? I needed to hear that this morning.