The Difference

I got up early one morning

And rushed 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, gray 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 on 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