Living the Way We Pray

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Living the Way We Pray



I knelt to pray when day was done
And prayed: “O Lord, bless everyone
Lift from each heart the pain,
And let the sick be well again.”

And then I woke one day,
And carelessly went on my way,
The whole day long I did not try
To wipe a tear from any eye.

I did not try to share the load
Of any brother on the road;
I did not even go to see
The sick man just next door to me

Yet once again when day was done
I prayed: “O Lord, bless everyone.”
But as I prayed, to my ear
There came a voice that whispered clear:

“Pause, hypocrite, before you pray:
Whom have you tried to bless today?
God’s sweetest blessings always go
By hands that serve him here below.”

And then I hid my face and cried:
“Forgive me God for I have lied,
Let me but live another day,
And I will live the way I pray.”

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