Poem About Praying

Our father is listening from up above,

He will answer all our prayers with love.

Why do we slack in persistence?

Knowing our Father expects dependence

All he asks from us is obedience.

In his own time, yes we must be patient.

And in his way, yes we should understand,

That all the good in our life comes from his hand!

Let us not neglect to pray for the kingdom

For which precious blood was shed.

Our Father will bless it using his wisdom,

If we stay in the way the apostles led.

By Wendy Thacker

                           TO LATE

 ONE NIGHT I GOT ON MY KNEES TO PRAY ABOUT THINGS THAt HAD GONE WRONG THROUGH OUT THE DAY. MY HEART WAS TROUBLED ABOUT WHAT TO SAY, SO HE WHISPERED TO ME SOFTLY "JUST SEEK THE WAY.

I SAID TO MYSELF THE FOLLOWING DAY THAT I WOULD DO AS HE SAID AND SEEK HIS WAY, BUT AS THE DAY WORE ON I SIMPLY LOST SIGHT, BUT PROMISED I'D TALK TO HIM THAT NIGHT. EVEN THOUGH MY INTENTIONS WERE GOOD, I STILL DIDN'T TAKE THE TIME LIKE I KNEW I SHOULD.

 EVERY DAY MY GOOD HUMOR I  TRIED TO KEEP, BUT THINGS  JUST GOT WORSE THROUGH OUT THE WEEK SO I ASK AGAIN AND HE SAID "YOU DIDN'T SEEK

I VOWED  THAT THROUGH OUT THE NEXT DAY THAT WHEN THINGS WENT WRONG I WOULD STOP AND PRAY, BUT SILLY THINGS JUST FILLED MY MIND AND ONCE AGAIN I DIDN'T TAKE TIME, TO SETTLE DOWN WITH HIM TO PRAY, I PROMISED I'D DO IT ANOTHER DAY.

I WANTED SO MUCH WITH HIM TO PRAY AS I WOKE  AT DAWN TO FACE ANOTHER DAY, BUT ONCE AGAIN I FAILED TO DO THE VERY THING HE TOLD ME TO.

THEN I HAD THIS HORRIBLE DREAM AS I LAY SLEEPING THE NEXT NIGHT THAT I WAS WAITING  AT HEAVEN'S GATE AND WHEN IT CAME MY TURN TO GO INSIDE, HE SAID "NO CHILD YOU PRAYED TO LATE.

NOW AFTER THAT I TAKE THE TIME, NO MATTER HOW BUSY MY DAY, TO FIND A LITTLE CORNER, ALL TO MYSELF, AND TO HIM JUST SIT AND PRAY.

                                                 FERN-MULLINS-CARTY