The Difference

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 heavily 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 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.

written by

Alan Grant