“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you”:
I read it in Your Word, so I know ’tis true!
But sometimes I stray…
Things get in the way…
And I don’t experience the joy I once knew.
“If God seems far away, guess WHO moved?” I read;
And if I’m hungry? It’s lack of DAILY BREAD!
Help me simplify…
Help me cross the I…
And make sure that YOU are on the throne, instead.
EARLY will I seek You, dear Lord of my life.
Only so can You settle the inner strife!
To bed early on…
To get up at dawn…
And of blessings untold my day will be rife.
This is nothing new. I have done it for years.
Then why all the anguish? And why all the tears?
PRIORITIES straight…
Will open the gate…
So You can enter and remove all my fears!
Oh the transcendent peace of communion sweet,
As I look up to You, sitting at Your feet!
What joy can afford
PRIME TIME with You, Lord!
My first and last privilege: with my God to meet!
By Alma Gordon Dole
