What about my prayers?

I know that God answers your prayers in his own way but I cant help but wonder why he cant answer just some of them in the way I want it answered. I pray to God everyday for many reasons, not just for me but for others to and no matter how hard I pray it seems that the pain and suffering of so many keep going on. Why is that? I mean do we really need pain and suffering in our lives to make us see what its all about? Because I can tell you right now that I couldn't handle anymore pain and I know so many others that couldn't either. I tell so many others that all they have to do is have faith that God will take care of us and yet I'm beginning to question it. Why though? Why am i having this set back? I'm not sure how much longer I can hand over my faith before I stop handing it over. I don't want this to happen, I want to be able to keep believing that He will prevail and the pain in my heart will get less and less if not go away go all together.