This is from an old book I stumbled upon that contains several hundred prayers by Floyd W. Tomkins – an individual whom I know nothing about, other than that his heart for God shines through in every prayer. This is not his entire prayer (though his prayers are short – around a paragraph), only a portion of it…but it is powerful and beautiful…
Though I would admit that if God wills, I would that pain, when it comes would drop away, rather than having to bear it patiently…but when it must be, let me Lord bear it rightly for thee.