The Difference

 I saw this poem at the hair salon, so like a good stantonian i googled it! idk who the author is

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 didn't God 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.

* the scripture Philipians 4:6 says "Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God."