Did You Think to Pray?

Ere you left your room this morning,

Did you think to pray?

In the name of Christ, our Savior,

Did you ask for loving favor,

As a shield today?

When you met with great temptation, 

Did you think to pray?

By His dying love and merit

Did you claim the Holy Spirit

As your guide and stay?

When your heart was filled with anger,

Did you think to pray?

Did you plead for grace, my brother,

That you might forgive another

Who has crossed your way?

When sore trials came upon you,

Did you think to pray?

When your soul was bowed in sorrow,

Balm of Gilead did you borrow

At the gates of day?

Oh, how praying rests the weary!

Pray'r will change the night to day;

So when life seems dark and dreary,

Don't forget to pray.

~ Mary Kidder