Thanking for the Pain and Problems

I thank You Lord for my tears
I thank You for the thorns and pain in my path
I also thank You for the "No"s and delays to my prayers
and the failures and detour of plans in my life.
I thank You for keeping me almost on the edge at times
with no promise of flight or certainty of anything in sight.

I do honestly thank You for all the above
for without them
I would have not come to know You closer as I do now

Experiencing pain and problem is no child play.
It surely hurts and causes me to cry and question
But if I choose to persevere and pray
and seek Your face for wisdom and strength
the things that seems to crush me under
would soon turn out to be the rungs of the ladder I stand on
to reach the purpose You've in mind for me
and to make me climb towards You in heaven.