Blessings of restriction

In Bible study we have been learning about “blessings of restriction.”

The concept goes like this: “Both what we receive and what we don’t receive can constitute blessing for us and those around us. God is all wise. He blesses us as surely by what He does not grant us as what He does.”- B.Moore

Then our study said: “Describe a blessing of restriction in your own life.”
Hmmm….
Qualifications for this thought process:
It could be something I have asked God for but He has, at least at this time, said no.
And….according to this concept…this “no” or the “not yet”, or “not now” ( or "What! are you crazy?!!) is a blessing. (to me and somehow to others)

Apostle Paul says he asked again and again for the “thorn in his flesh” to be removed and as far as we know it never was removed. Yet, Paul says, even though it restricted him and made him “weak”…it was in that weakness that God’s strength could be seen all the more.

Has God blessed you with a blessing of restriction?
Can we say with the Psalmist that, “He has laid the boundaries in pleasant places”?
Maybe, looking back over our lives we can say, YES! Thank you Lord that you said no to that!
What about looking forward?
If he restricts us, says no….will we still trust in the goodness and the kindness of the Lord?
For God is good.
All the time.
Even His restrictions are blessings.