1981
In the Hour of Prayer
March 1981


“In the Hour of Prayer,” Ensign, Mar. 1981, 45

In the Hour of Prayer

Eliza R. Snow Poetry Contest 1981 1st Place Winner

In the hour of prayer

my heart gives praise

to Him who reads

the complexities of my soul

like a children’s primer,

when I can only feel as

the blind man with a

beginning finger to the Braille.

And I can only marvel

how far it is from earth to heaven,

yet how close it seems when the

eye is pressed to the lens

of the Spirit.