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 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 tried every key in the lock.        
God gently and lovingly chided,       
"My child, you didn't knock".         
                                      
I woke up early this morning,         
And paused before starting the day;   
I had so much to accomplish           
That I had to take time to pray.