Stretch!

Seems to me that even when I know what I'm asking God to do in my life, and know what that can mean, when it actually happens I am thrown off balance.
Here's what happened: I asked God to stretch me and grow me, specifically in the area of trust because I know that there is room for growth there. So, what happens? Exactly that! Being fully aware of the "consequences" of what I was asking God, I asked him anyway. In the end I'm sure I'll be stoked, but right now it makes me wonder how I'm going to make through this stretching in one piece. It kind of hurts a bit. So, now I'm asking God for more joy in this process. Somehow, I know he'll provide that too. He gives his peace, and as we learn to let him take control instead of letting ourselves worry, that peace is experienced more in full in our humanity.