Lord, my day started wrong, I didn't meet you in prayer,
My mind was so engrossed in what I was going to wear.
Then I was kinda busy putting on the coffee pot,
Washing face and combing hair, things I do a lot.
While I was so busy, it came to me suddenly,
There had been no conversation between just you and me.
People have aches and pains, lives are filled with care,
Some have desperate needs, or a terrible cross to bear.
None of them are difficult Lord, for you to undertake,
And you are always aware of every plea they make.
They don't understand, Lord, they finally seek your face
After some dire circumstance or tragedy takes place.
We have a common enemy, it's the things we daily do,
That keep us, in the morning, from coming first to you.
For if we offer thanks and worship every day,
We're in a better position to be heard when we pray.
There is one thing many people have never heard,
The way to approach you is written in your Word
Get acquainted with the Holy One, the advocate you sent
He'll help us understand your Word and what it meant.
That the healing, the health, the deliverance we lack
Were accomplished by the stripes on Jesus' bloodied back.
And that old rugged Cross on the Hill of Calvary
Where Jesus bled and died and made us completely free.
The advocate you sent will enable us to pray
And give us the strength we need along the way
And we will know, Lord, when Satan does his worst,
The Advocate already brought us to you first
No longer do we doubt your promise, in your Word
That you are aware of even the tiniest bird.
One thing we can be sure of, when we pray,
You will guide and help us every single day.
By F. W. (Lucky) Hope
Inspirational Poetry by Lucky Hope
