Prayer!

Prayer -- the wonderful and blessed privilege of communion with our Heavenly Father!  This blessed fellowship makes us glad and happy all the day.  Even when the storms of life are raging, we can have a deep, settled peace in our hearts!  I love the song that says:  "Just keep on praying until light breaks through!  The Lord will answer---He'll answer you!  God keeps His promise, His Word is true!  Just keep on praying until light breaks through!"
     Joyce Roder has written a poem, entitled, "If I Had Prayed":

     "Perhaps the day would not have seemed so long --
The skies would not have seemed so gray,
      If on my knees in humble prayer I had begun the day.

Perhaps the fight would not have seemed so hard --
      Prepared, I might have faced the fray,
If I had been alone with Him, upon my knees, to pray.

      Perhaps I might have cheered a broken heart,
Or helped a wanderer on the way,
      If I had asked to be a light to some dark soul today.

I would remember just the pleasant things.
      The harsh words that I meant to say
I would forget, if I had prayed when I began the day.

      I think I would have met life's harder trials
With hopeful heart and cheerful smile,
      If I had spoken with my Lord for just a little while.

And, if I pray, I find that all is well --
      All cares at His dear feet are laid.
My heart is glad; the load is light , because I first have prayed."

Let us never forget as we journey through the week that our Master is always aware of our needs, and He is never at a loss for ways and means to answer the prayers and supply the needs of His children!  Praise the Lord!!  What a blessed assurance to know that I am His and He is mine!  What a joy to trust Him for the future---He knoweth all the way -- and has promised that He will never leave us alone!  Let us keep a prayer on our lips and a song in our hearts!