If what you get is not what you wanted

I have to wonder, how many people pray "your will be done"  and understand the depth of the concept. I seem to spend a lot of time thinking between the idea of suffering as a Christian (in general) and the idea that sometimes our concept of  "God's will"  isn't at all what God actually wants from us.

As someone with chronic pain , and depression - i have heard from many people about how God couldn't possibly will anyone to live in pain, or deal with depression.

I agree, it was not what God planned for us, it isn't the thing he wanted when he created us. The fall happened, sin happened, consequences still happen.
Consequences of our own choices. Of choices made for us. Of choices other people have made. We face the complication of other people in our lives daily - some with terrible, terrifying consequences, and others with mild amusing ones.

Yet when we pray that God's will be done in my life we seem to just forget that sometimes that will is worked out in the bad things.

Sometimes by being sick - we speak life.  Sometimes by being tired, depressed or unwell and despite this STILL bringing our eyes to God - we give hope.
It is strange, how people seem to think that a miraculous cure would shout God's name - when faith despite the mess we live with; those consequences we deal with daily; speaks more to people.

It is part way to a view of God involved in the entirety of our lives. Not just the happy, or the joy, not just at Easter or Christmas. But daily in the nitty gritty.

If we worship a God who sent His son, to take on our sins and die for us - paying for the consequences; paying for the pain, the anger, the hurt we inflict on each other as well as on ourselves - then we worship a God who is deeply aware of our pains, knows our tears, and hears our prayers.

"Yes though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death - your rod and staff comfort me."
Psalm 23:4 NASB

While we would love to advertise the Christian life as full of health and wealth, there are realities that this is not so. I am not saying that there is no such thing as miracles, or that we should not pray for healing. However we need to understand God's will for us - and sometimes, that is best worked out in suffering. Sometimes what God brings about because of our willingness to trust in Him, and persevere in faith through the bad things, is far greater than anything we could imagine.

There is a lot of victory yet to be seen.