The Difference

A poem.

Author unknown

I got up 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 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 the 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.