I got up early one morning
and rushed into the day;
I had so much to accomplish,
I didn't have time to pray.

Problems just tumbled around me,
and heavier came each task.
"Why doesn't God help me?"I wondered.
He said, "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, "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.
-AUTHOR UNKNOWN