Lord, when my soul is weary
and my heart is tired and sore,
and I have that failing feeling
that I can't take any more;
then let me know the freshening
found in simple, childlike prayer,
when the kneeling soul knows surely
that a listening Lord is there.

~~ Ruth Bell Graham
(from her book of poetry, "Sitting by my laughing fire . . . ")
(Word Books, 1977)