The readings this weekend challenge us to check our willingness to trust and be obedient to our Lord, even (maybe especially) when His plans seem mysterious or difficult to understand. We pray that, like Abraham, we would surrender ourselves, our will, and our desires to God’s providence, confident that His plans are far beyond our understanding, and that, like the disciples, we would follow Jesus, trusting and obeying even when His plans don’t make sense to us or seem difficult to accept...