There is a song by Rose Muhando titled "Nipe Uvumilivu." In it she sings of all her tribulations in life and asks God to give her perseverance (Uvumilivu). What I have found moving and comforting about the song is that she does not ask God to take away her tribulations or to make them stop. She asks and cries that He only gives her Uvumilivu.
Stand in that place of hopelessness and loss. Feel the pain, let the tears flow, don't fight it, don't run away from the sorrow, invite God to see you as you are in your nakedness and dejection and ask him to give you Uvumilivu, ask Him to stand by you, to stand with you and to stand for you. @Maka, it is you and God, no intermediaries, talk to Him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Q6ywg13XQ