So often I pray in my human way of understanding that the hard stuff of life will just be removed and I ask God to make me well, solve my problems, provide whatever I need or want, and that's okay. God wants us to come to Him with everything that troubles us; all of our needs. But oftentimes, the very things we pray to be removed from our lives are the very things He's using to make us the kind of people He wants us to be... prefect in the end:

"When I saw what lay before me, 'Lord,' I cried, 'what will you do?' I thought He would just remove it but He gently led me through. Without fire, there's no refining. Without pain, no relief. Without flood, there's no rescue. Without testing, no belief." -- Guy Penrod