Prayer - Submitting to God's Will

I had to talk to God this morning about a hope that had not yet materialized.   As I prayed God's presence came in and flooded my soul....... This was my prayer: 

"God, I know that trials are painful circumstances allowed by you to change my conduct and my character.

So, God, I am going to submit to it.  I am going to accept it.  I am going to embrace it. You are a good and loving God.  You have allowed this for a purpose.  You are using it to refine me.  Your work is not finished yet.  My prayer will be answered according to your will.  I will not resist, rebel or resent.  I will not become bitter.

Forgive me God.  Forgive me for thinking I know better than you.  Forgive me for thinking I could have made a better plan, that I could have got there a better way.  Forgive me for my stubbornness.  I love you and I want to be in submission to you.  I want to embrace what you allow.

I fear this spiraling road.  So I stop here and now.  I hate the bitterness in myself.  Cleanse my heart of that resistance and stubbornness. Lord, I lift the hands that hang down.

Help me as I submit to you.  You are all that I need.  You are all that I want.  Nothing else really matters.  Help me as I draw close to you.  I choose to accept what you allow."