The Difference

I got up early one morning and rushed right in 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 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.