"The Difference"

 I attended my first women's retreat in 2002. While I was there I was given a bookmark and it has been tucked in my bible ever since. It is titled, "The Difference" and this is what it says...

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