Not to Seek,
Lord,
but to Share
Dear God, much too often
we seek You in prayer
Because we are wallowing
in our own self-despair
We make every word
we lamentably speak
An imperative plea
for whatever we seek
We pray for ourselves
and so seldom for others,
We're concerned with our problems and not with our brother's
We seem to forget, Lord,
that the "sweet hour of prayer"
Is not for self-seeking
but to place in Your care
All the lost souls
unloved and unknown
And to keep praying for them
until they're Your own
For it's never enough to
seek God in prayer
With no thought of others
who are lost in despair
So teach us, dear God,
that the Power of Prayer
Is made stronger by placing
the world in Your care!
- Helen Steiner Rice
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