One story from the bible that I go to often is Jonah. You can learn alot about obedience and forgiveness from Jonah. Many people focus on the part of the story where Jonah spends time in the belly of the big fish. My favorite part comes after Jonah is spit out on dry land.
One day God asked me to obey in something that I just didn't want to. It was a hard, and kicked against it for a while (just like Jonah) but in the end when I yielded to the call of obedience I was blessed in ways that I never imaged.  Hear more of this testimony in this podcast.