This turned out to be true, although not everyone, including my daughter, has yet to thank me. The church has us make such a promise when we get married and when we accept Jesus, for in both cases we do not know where the journey will lead, and if we did, we might not go. In both cases, however, if we survive, we are forever grateful. Journeys always involve movement from here to there. We are on the move.
People get tired.
They become difficult to deal with. Because the church is a group of people on a journey, you will not always enjoy being on the journey. There will be peaks to climb and valleys to descend. Keep walking is my only advice to those on all journeys, including spiritual ones. When I suggest to people that they should come on one of my backpacking trips, they often worry that they must do lots of preparation and training, and have the right equipment.