Tough Prayers Silently Spoken
by Michael Doyle

We need to keep ourselves humble
However, the world may tumble
We need to be on our knees and pray
Our hearts are in gratitude and will stay

This is our best good answer
As we live life's flow like a dancer
Living the ebb and the flow
Giving our all in all we live and know

All this passes with words of prayer
God's will helps us evade Satan's snare
In our moments of prayerful worship
We are building our greatest relationship

His will and not ours to be done
All of this in the name of the Son
Small stories often have big meaning
Parables and prayers make us better human beings

Knocking at the doors for righteous opportunity
We know God will always be true to you and me
In this faith, we ask God for what we need
Day and night it is given as we daily read

It's there in the words of the good book
And seen by opened eyes as we take our look
Heaven is filled with angels waiting to hear
All that we love and all that we fear

Prayer is our first response, not a last resort
However much the Devil rails in his retort
Prayer changes things for the Lord's better
From where we are and whatever the weather

It creates the climate of where we need to be
As the divine catalyst for you and for me
Taking us from where we are to the there
We will reach through the effort of holy prayer

Prayer will always change our minds
In doing this, it leaves worry and anxiety behind
Instead, living the peace that is found
In the presence of the Lord as prayer abounds

Prayer changes our hearts from being broken
As we live the righteous life in words spoken
We learn we need to pray through our pain
It brings the sunshine, even in our life's rain

Praying changes the nature of our relationship
When given adversity, prayer becomes worship
You learn that if you can't meet in the middle
A secret is to pick God's side for just a little

And find yourself in a prayer held for the whole
Because, it turns out prayer shifts the soul
God can handle all that we find that we cannot
This is the open secret that some have forgot

Living in prayer will change our future
This grows as we grow and learn to mature
Prayer is the difference between where want to be
Shifting where we are to the good of our dignity

It turns out, prayer is the miracle of every season
Truth in vision is given for righteous reasons
Taking us to exactly where we need to be
Prayer is the best answer for all of eternity 

(c) July 14, 2024   Michael Doyle
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