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We should pray concerning our trials in this way
"Lord, I have this thorn in the flesh. I beseech you, deliver
me from it, but meanwhile I bless you for it; for though I do
not understand the why or the wherefore of it, I am persuaded
there is love within it. Therefore, while I ask you to remove
it, so far as it seems evil to me, yet wherein it may to your
better knowledge work for my good, I bless you for it, and I
am content to endure it so long as you see fit."
Is not that a sweet way of praying?
"Lord, I am in need, be pleased to supply me; but, meanwhile,
if you do not, I believe it is better for me to be in need,
and so I praise you for my necessity while I ask you to supply
it. I glory in my infirmity, even while I ask you to overcome
it. I bless you for my affliction even while I ask you to help
me in it and to rescue me out of it."
This is a royal way of praying.
Such an amalgam of prayer and thanksgiving is more precious
than the gold of Ophir.
Spurgeon