I finally know the difference between pleasing and loving obeying and respecting. It has taken me so many years to be okay with being different and with being this alive this intense. xxvi

Obedience is the opener of eyes.

Lord make me less like Jonah and more like Jesus. Save me from being the kind of person who cares more about my comfort my reputation and my success than I do about the people You are calling me to serve. Help me to keep all of my dreams on Your altar and be ready at all times to respond with faith and obedience to Your call.

It may not of happened the way you thought it would but in the long run it will work out as it should.