SONNETS ON PRAYER

Persistent Prayer                                       (Luke 11:5-13) The problem in this fast computer age, Is surely that there is so little time, To fight the prayer battle we must wage, And overcome all wickedness and crime. This has grown endemic in our land. So we search for answers fast and quick. We ignore the Masters clear command, Consistent prayer is what will do the trick. Faith and patience guarantee success. God will send the answer we desire. If we do not quit, He’ll answer “Yes”! If it’s what we need and we require. If we ask for fish persistently, Would He give a stone to you or me?                              -oOo- Jim Strickland – written 6th June 2011       Prayerlessness Father God, today I bring my crime And make contrite admission unto You. That, Lord, I seem to spend so little time In prayer. So Lord I ask please show me who Should be the subject of a time of prayer? Enlighten me; Illuminate the face Of him or her who's burdened down with care; O help me Lord, their problem to embrace In intercession, Lord, before Thy Throne. Give the words to speak that I may say What's needed to be heard by You alone. But, Father God, it seems I need to pray Not for these others but, instead, for me. For all the time I've wasted prayerlessly!       -oOo- Jim Strickland – submitted Monday, 06 June 2011