Sometimes the Answer is No

Pray for healing,

         Pray for peace,

                  Pray for understanding.

Pray with fervor for Hisfavor,

But pray withoutdemanding.

 

Pray for blessings,

         Pray with thanks,

                  Pray to know God’s grace.

Pray that every heart mayknow

The warmth of Hisembrace.

 

Trials and temptationsare but

Bitter weeds that allmust taste,

But the guidance from asimple prayer

Can quell decisions madein haste.

 

For all may hope and

         All may pray

As surely as the windsmay blow,

And every prayer is heardand answered,

Often, “Yes,”

         But sometimes, “No.”