"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 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 to pray before entering the day. I had so much to accomplish that I had to take time to pray.