"Unanswered prayer protects us.

It breaks us, 

deepens us, 

exposes us, 

and transforms us.

Ironically, the unanswered prayers of the past,

which so often leave us feeling hurt, abandoned, and disillusioned,

serve as a refiner's fire that prepare us 

for

the unanswered prayers of the future,

if we are willing to look deep into the darkness of our own souls

and persist in prayer when there doesn't seem to be any reason to."

"When God Doesn't Answer Your Prayer"

Jerry Sittser