In Times of Trouble

"Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish"
    .....From King Hezekiah's prayer in Isaiah 38:17.

My prayer in my times of trouble....

Father, the circumstance I am in right now is difficult and painful.

I would not have chosen it.

If You had given me a pile of problems to choose from, this would probably have been the very last one I would have chosen.

But You, in Your love and wisdom, have chosen it for me.

And I know You intend it for my good, and so, by faith, I thank You for the good You are going to do in my life through it.

Help me to genuinely believe this and be able to thank You with all my heart.

Amen.