A devotional I saved from earlier in December ... it brings me comfort:

"God will always give what is right to his people who cry to him night and day, and he will not be slow to answer them."Luke 18:7

When we come to God, we make requests; we don't make demands.

We come with high hopes and a humble heart. We state what we want, but we pray for what is right.

And if God gives us the prison of Rome instead of the mission of Spain, we accept it because we know "God will always give what is right to his people.". (Note from Jan: this is what happened to the apostle, Paul.)

We go to him. We bow before him, and we trust in him.