Thankful God HASN'T Answered Yet?!

Yes, you read the title correctly...
Last night as I was praying for this request, asking God once again to please hurry with an answer to it, God once again started bringing to mind all the things that I have learned over this past 3 months and all the things He has done. It occurred to me that had God answered this prayer before last night, there are so many things I would have missed out on.
If God had answered this back in January, I wouldn't have learned first hand that faith is a choice we make every day, not an emotion we experience.
Had He answered it in February, I wouldn' have learned the challenge of praying for something having no idea as to what it was. This blog also would not have been started.
Had He answered in March, I would not have learned the painful lesson of truly submitting to God's will when it was so opposite of mine. I would not have learned the value in and  the power of praying through the Holy Spirit. I wouldn't have learned to recognize the very real difference between the voice of the Holy Spirit and that of Satan disguising himself as the Holy Spirit. I would not have experienced what I believe to be the greatest blessing to come out of this journey yet...UNINTIMIDATED and seeing my students take this initial step in covenant praying and becoming genuine prayer warriors. I wouldn't have my promise from God in Matthew 18:19... WOW, it really is a good thing God didn't answer before March was through.
Had God answered this before today, in April, I wouldn't have been given the opportunity to leave this as a memorial in the lives of my current students or future ones here at Friendship. I wouldn't have had the opportunity this morning to share with my students that they don't have to hope for God to answer their requests, that they can come with boldness to the throne of God and ask in confidence knowing He will answer according to His will.
And this is just a FEW of the things I've learned and experienced along the way!!!!
As much I want God to answer this request NOW, I am strangely grateful that He has waited. The things He has done, the things He has taught me, the ways He has worked I wouldn't trade for a quicker answer. Some things really do get better with time.