This morning I got myself ready for another day of working from home, like many of us. Sadly, however, so many folks have lost their jobs.  I plugged my work laptop into the charger and booted up.  I also plugged in my cell phone charger.  So, I was charging my laptop and cell phone.  I went to get some OJ and Belvita breakfast biscuits to charge myself up too.  😊 All charged up and ready to go!  That got me thinking.  I said to myself: “I charged up my laptop, my cell phone, and my body, but was I really ready to go?”  I was not.  I was forgetting something.  I needed to take a second to pray, so I did.  Now I was ready to go!  Sometimes a second to pray is all you need… Pray for all impacted by COVID-19 — that would be the entire world — for those who are sick and those who have lost loved ones. Pray for yourself! Nothing wrong with that. Here is a little poem I wrote years ago that talks about that “second” of prayer…

“One Second, Please”

God speaks to you and wants you to pray
But you do not even give Him the time of day
You say, "One second, please, I'll be right with you, Sir"
As if you were a salesman and He your customer

There is nothing you could sell Him, though
This is the truth, you ought to know
It is you who needs His guiding hand
You need Him now, please understand

One second is all you need
To meet the Lord and plant the seed
A second now can mean eternity later
Give Him the time, He is your Creator

So get down on your knees in prayer
Take that second and meet your Savior
You won't regret it, you won't look back
That second with the Lord is all you lack

Oh, and let’s “not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.” 2 Peter 3:8.