Take Time To Pray

I got up early one morning and rushed 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 seak".

I tried to come into God's presence, I used all my keys to unlock;
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 but I had to take time to pray.

By Mohammed Sharay Ali.