My Prayer Closet

I'm sitting here and considering the soft and quiet times that I spend with my Lord. Whether it's a hymn or a scripture that catches my attention or even just a quiet moment in my day, I often find myself taking even just a few minutes to commune with Jesus.

I simply have too busy of a life not to take every chance I get to say a quick prayer, or even just close my eyes for a moment and reflect on the goodness of God. I don't have an actual prayer closet, instead I take my prayer closet along with me wherever I go. Sometimes you can find my prayer closet in my car, sometimes it's in my cubical at work, there are even times that you can find my prayer closet riding along in a shopping cart.

I thought I was only going to copy one stanza of the following song into this post to wrap it up, but as I read each following verse, I found that I had to put the whole song here.

Take time to be holy, speak oft with thy Lord;
Abide in Him always, and feed on His Word.
Make friends of God’s children, help those who are weak,
Forgetting in nothing His blessing to seek.

Take time to be holy, the world rushes on;
Spend much time in secret, with Jesus alone.
By looking to Jesus, like Him thou shalt be;
Thy friends in thy conduct His likeness shall see.

Take time to be holy, let Him be thy Guide;
And run not before Him, whatever betide.
In joy or in sorrow, still follow the Lord,
And, looking to Jesus, still trust in His Word.

Take time to be holy, be calm in thy soul,
Each thought and each motive beneath His control.
Thus led by His Spirit to fountains of love,
Thou soon shalt be fitted for service above.

My friend, take some time today to be alone with Jesus wherever you are.