I got up early one morning
And rushed right into the day:
I had so much to accomplish
That I didn’t have time to pray.
Problems just tumbled about me
And heavier came each task.
“Why doesn’t God help me?”
I wondered.
He answered, “You didn’t ask.”
I wanted to see joy and beauty.
But the day toiled on,
grey and bleak:
I wondered why God didn’t show me.
He said, “But you didn’t seek.”
I tried to come into God’s presence:
I used all my keys at the lock.
God gently and lovingly chided,
“My child, you didn’t knock.”
I woke up early this morning
and paused
before entering the day:
I had so much to accomplish
That I had to take time to
PRAY.