The Prayer of Relinquishment

For my devotional time, I am reading Richard Foster's book called "Prayer". I am currently on the chapter that speaks about the "Prayer of Relinquishment". Basically, it's the prayer where we tell God what we want and then we relinquish it all to Him and say "Your will, not mine." It's a hard prayer to say. It's hard for us, as humans, to give up sometimes. But, there are proper times to tell God that you'll stop fighting for your way and you'll do what He wants. I find myself in one of those situations right now. There is something my family and I desperately want. In fact, we feel we need it. But, it's not happening for us. At least not yet. We've been fighting for this for months now. We are trying our hardest and it just doesn't seem to be falling in place for us. I honestly feel that perhaps it's time for me to say "Okay God! What do You want for us?" Maybe I need to stop fighting so hard for my way and wait to see what He wants to do. My timing says "DO IT NOW!" but His timing is perfect, since He sees the whole picture. I don't like praying the prayer of relinquishment, but perhaps it needs to be done in this case. Perhaps God has something else entirely in mind for us, that we don't even see yet. The hardest part, besides the giving up, is the dealing with what we have left. It's hard to be thankful for the blessings you have now when you are looking at the blessings that you haven't received and wondering why you haven't received them. So, I need to give up. Or as the saying goes..."Let go and Let God." It's easier said than done. But, by His strength I can do anything.