Here is some mental candy for you to chew on. I found it incredibly revealing. It's an excerpt from the book "In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day" by Mark Batterson. Enjoy.
"In his Letters to Malcolm, C.S. Lews said, "If God had granted all the silly prayers I've made in my life, where would I be now?" Lewis went so far to say that someday we'll be more grateful for our prayers that didn't get answered than the ones that did. The reason for this is simple: Many of our prayers are misguided. We pray for comfort instead of character. We pray for an easy way out instead of the strength to make it through. We pray for no pain, when the result would be no gain. We pray that God will keep us out of pits and away from lions. But if God answered our prayer, it would rob us of our greatest opportunities. Many of our prayers would short-circut God's plans and purposes for our lives if He answered them. Maybe we should stop asking God to get us out of difficult circumstances and start asking Him what He wants us to get out of those difficult circumstances. Most of us blame our circumstances when things aren't going well just like we blame the ref when a game isn't going well. We look for some external scapegoat. But maybe our problem isn't our circumstances. Maybe our problem is our perspective..."
Hmm...
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