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 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 in the lock.
God gently and lovingly chided,
"My child, you didn't knok."

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.

A Winner's Creed
If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don't
If you'd like to win, but think you can't,
It's almost a cinch you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you're lost,
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a person's faith;
It's all in the state of mind.

Life's battles don't always go
to the stronger or faster hand;
They go to the one who trusts in God
And always thinks "I can."

If wealth is lost,
nothing is lost;
If health is lost,
something is lost;
If character is lost,
everything is lost.