I knelt to pray when the day was done
 

and prayed, "O Lord, bless everyone.
 

Lift from each saddened heart the pain
 

and let the sick be well again."
 

And then I woke another day
 

and carelessly went on my way.
 

The whole day long I did not try
 

to wipe a tear from any eye.
 

I did not try to share the load
 

of any brother on the road.
 

I did not even go to see 
 

the sick man just next door to me.
 

Yet once again when the day was done
 

I prayed, "O Lord, bless everyone."
 

And as I tried the words to find
 

a quiet thought entered my mind; 
 

Pause now, and before you pray
 

whom have you tried to bless today?
 

Gods sweetest blessings always go
 

by hands that serve Him here below.
 

And then I hid my face and cried,
 

"Forgive me, God, I have not tried,
 

But let me live another day
 

and I’ll try to live the way I pray."