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 heaver 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 before entering the day;

I had so much to accomplish

That I had to take time to pray.

-Author Unknown